Throughout the halftime, commentators from major media outlets were analyzing the first half. The focus was on Marcus Rashford's two goals. Before the second game was over, Rashford had already scored six goals and was second in the Europa League scorers' charts, a terrifying goal rate, even better than in the Premier League.

Another key point of analysis was United's disadvantage after 10 minutes of play. Louis van Gaal, who is known for his possession, was surprised that his team's possession rate was reduced to less than 40 per cent.

There is a consensus that if Van Gaal does not make changes to the team in the second half, and Liverpool still recklessly suppresses and presses Manchester United as in the first half, Manchester United may lose Anfield this time.

Even with De Gea's bravery, it is impossible to guarantee that the entire second half will not concede.

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This is not only a problem for the commentators, but also for Louis van Gaal, so at the start of the second half, he made a change, replacing Depay, who had been disappointing in his performance, with veteran Carrick. Manchester United opened the second half with a 442 midfield diamond position.

After the start of the game, Liverpool continued to press high and still fell behind, and there was no other way to do it.

After the half-time break, Manchester United's players also recovered a little, and they increased their strength in the midfield, so the two sides started a fierce battle in the midfield after the start of the second half.

After a few minutes of entanglement, with the cheers of 50,000 fans at home, Liverpool once again suppressed Manchester United's momentum.

In the 49th minute of the game, Coutinho fell to the ground from the side of the United penalty area, and just when the Anfield home fans thought the team would win a second penalty and equalize, Velasco showed Coutinho a yellow card, it turned out that he had already seen Coutinho's diving action.

Coutinho knew what he knew and did not complain about the yellow card, but the home fans booed the referee's decision.

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Coutinho's fake fall was spotted by the referee, which hit the morale of Liverpool's players to some extent. Manchester United, on the other hand, took the opportunity to launch a wave of counterattacks.

David De Gea's goalball was headed back into the United half by a Liverpool player, and it was supposed to be a chance for Liverpool to counter-attack, but their counter-attack was abruptly halted by Liverpool striker Sturridge being in an offside position.

De Gea received the ball from Liverpool and tossed it to Schneiderlin, who immediately split it to Rojo.

Four Liverpool players pressed on Rojo from four directions to set up a siege up front. However, before being fenced, Rojo had already kicked the ball forward with a big kick.

Although the ball was intercepted by a Liverpool defender, it was received by Fellaini, who was counter-attacking. Seeing Fellaini receiving the ball unguarded, Lovren and Emre Jan, who had been staring at Rashford, immediately abandoned Rashford and pressed towards Fellaini, which was the tactical requirement of Klopp's high pressing. And, when the two pressed on, they quickly moved closer to each other to prevent Fellaini's pass from passing through their defence.

However, Fellaini, who had an average passing skills, delivered a penetrating pass that penetrated the defence of Lovren and Emre Can before they could close the goal.

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By the time Lovren and Emre Can turned to press for Fellaini, Rashford was already on the drain. He received a pass and took a trip to get into the Liverpool penalty area.

To his right, another Liverpool centre-back, Nicolas Sacco, hastily discarded United's other striker, Anthony Martial, intending to turn and rush over to make up for it.

However, the bulky Sacco was too slow to turn and speed. He had just finished turning when Marcus Rashford had already crossed him and dribbled straight into the box.

Behind Rashford, Lovren and Emre Can, who had just been crossed, were so aware of Rashford's scoring ability that they quickly turned to chase Rashford.

Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet hurriedly abandoned the ball and charged towards Rashford to block his shot.

As a result, Anthony is completely unguarded and has a large gap in front of him.

Marcus Rashford's vision is mediocre, but not so obvious that he can't even see such a glaring gap. While he was able to continue to break through himself, Anthony Martial's chances were clearly better and while he wanted to keep scoring as well, the win was more important to him, so without hesitation, Rashford sent a diagonal cross into a huge gap in front of the right-hand post.

Rashford's 70 passing ability is quite qualified, and this pass is very good. Anthony Martial didn't even need to adjust, just taking advantage of the momentum as he sprinted forward, and the ball was sent into the Liverpool goal.

Manchester United 3:1 Liverpool!

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Anthony Martial was delighted with the goal and turned and raced towards the corner flag area, waving to Rashford as he ran, signalling for him to come over and celebrate.

Marcus Rashford ran over, gave Anthony a high-five, and said: "Antony, you've scored a great goal!" ”

Anthony laughed and said, "Marcus, your passing is even better, it's a babysitter ball!" ”

Anthony Martial knew very well that if Depay was in that position, he would have either just kicked the ball on the spot or burst into the box with the ball and shoot, and he would never pass the ball.

In fact, with Marcus Rashford's scoring ability in the previous games, whether he shoots on the spot or breaks through, the probability of scoring is not small.

However, Rashford opted for a pass, which made Anthony Martial very grateful to the little brother.

Without it, he really lacks a goal now. He hasn't scored since he returned from injury. If you add in the number of games he didn't score in before his injury, his goal drought has continued for nearly 10 games.

So, after verbally thanking Rashford, he hugged Rashford vigorously before high-fiveing his other teammates who came over.

In the dugout, Van Gaal was also very satisfied with Rashford's choice, although it is not impossible for Rashford to choose to shoot by himself, but passing the ball to Anthony Martial, who is in a better position, is obviously a more reasonable choice.

This kid is really good, and in that situation, he can still keep a clear mind!

Thinking so, Van Gaal couldn't help but look at Depay sitting on the bench.

They are all young people, and Depay is a few years older, but why is the gap so big?