'Should have won' - national media give emphatic Man United verdict after Liverpool draw

Manchester United have been praised in the national media following their draw with Liverpool.

United battled to earn a point in a 2-2 draw against the Merseyside club in the Premier League clash at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. Lisandro Martinez and Amad Diallo scored in the second half to see Ruben Amorim's team end a run of four consecutive defeats in all competitions.

The draw leaves United in 13th place in the Premier League table, leapfrogging West Ham in the process after their defeat to Manchester City. United will now have a break from top-flight action as they prepare to face Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup this weekend.

United's performance against Liverpool was the subject of plenty of attention from the media, with numerous reporters in attendance at Anfield. Here, the Manchester Evening News takes a look at how the media reached to United's draw on Sunday afternoon.

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Paul Hirst writes for The Times: "The Manchester United fans behind Alisson’s goal were all thinking the same thing as Joshua Zirkzee rolled the ball across the area and into the path of the unmarked Harry Maguire, with 30 seconds of added time to go.

"They were all waiting to see Maguire swing his hefty right boot through the ball and send it rocketing into Alisson’s net. Limbs would fly and that noise, the one that you only hear when you burgle a win at the home of your most bitter rivals in the last minute, would reverberate around Anfield.

"It would have given them licence to say for many years to come: 'I was there.' I was