What Erik ten Hag told Manchester United players in the dressing room after Liverpool draw

Erik ten Hag told the Manchester United players he was "proud" of their performance in the 0-0 stalemate with Liverpool.

United halted their losing run with a creditable point at Anfield, where Liverpool failed to win for the first time this season.

Liverpool had triumphed in their previous two home games against United 4-0 and 7-0 and were tipped to win handsomely again, but United became only the second team this calendar year to prevent Jurgen Klopp's side from scoring at home.

"I said that after the game in the dressing room: I'm very proud of this team," Ten Hag said. "We should do this more often. I said this.

"For instance, Newcastle was also a tough game, we make one mistake, we switch off and concede the goal. But when you stay in the game, when you are disciplined in your game plan, finally it opens up and you can take your chances or get two, three, four passes in after the ball regains, get the switches in and then you can really be more dominant in the game.

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"We mentioned [the 7-0] but I said to them last year we played them three times, we lost one time but we beat them two times. We are capable of beating Liverpool and we proved today we are capable of if we bring this every game on the pitch.

"First of all, we are a hard team to beat but from that point, we can go and win games and also big games."

Ten Hag also lauded Kobbie Mainoo's ability to "hurt opponents" after what was only the 18-year-old's third Premier League start. Mainoo slotted into midfield alongside Sofyan Amrabat and sparked two of United's more auspicious attacks.

Mainoo made his full Premier League