Zlatan Ibrahimovic equalised late for Manchester United to salvage a 1-1 draw against fierce rival liverpool in a result that damaged both teams' Premier league title chances on Sunday.
Ibrahimovic canceled out James Milner's 27th-minute penalty by glancing a header in off the crossbar in the 84th minute at Old Trafford.
liverpool ended United's nine-game winning run in all competitions — six of which had come in the league — but dropped seven points behind first-placed Chelsea. Sixth-placed United was 12 points off the leader.
On the day United rolled out advertising hoardings displaying Paul Pogba's new Twitter emoji, the player himself made a crucial mistake by conceding a penalty while jumping with his back to the ball at a corner. Milner converted to give liverpool the lead against the run of play but the visitors created little else in an intense, scrappy match between English football's two most decorated clubs.
The recent hot streak had raised the possibility of United making a late run at the title, so this result was a setback.
United got its reward with a more direct approach late in the game. Marouane Fellaini came on as a 76th-minute substitute and the tall Belgian made a difference — and played a key role in the goal.
His glancing header from a left-wing cross struck the post and the ball eventually made its way to right back Antonio Valencia, whose return cross was met by Ibrahimovic for his 14th league goal of the season.
Everton beat City 4-0
lIVERPOOl: Pep Guardiola endured the heaviest league defeat of his coaching career as Manchester City was thrashed 4-0 by Everton in the Premier league on Sunday to plummet further out of title contention.
Two weeks after a 1-0 loss at liverpool, City had more misery on Merseyside following goals by Romelu lukaku, Kevin Mirallas, 18-year-old midfielder Tom Davies and 19-year-old debutant Ademola lookman.