Rock-solid Ayden Heaven shines with imperious display in 3-2 Liverpool win

Things worsened for United after Senne Lammens casually passed the ball to a Liverpool player in an attempt to play out from the back. Cody Gakpo gleefully punished the mistake to make it 2-2.

But Mainoo had the last laugh, thundering a superb strike to win it for United, who have now completed the double over Liverpool for the first time this decade.

Heaven was one of the standout players for United in the triumph.

Heaven’s heroics

Since stepping in against Chelsea, Heaven has been flawless, and he continued that form against Liverpool.

The England international won one of the three tackles he made. He also contributed three clearances and four recoveries.

Heaven was a beast in his duels, emerging victorious in all five ground duels he contested as well as the one aerial challenge he faced.

He drew two fouls and completed six carries.

The 19-year-old successfully found a United teammate with 34 of the 39 passes he attempted (87% pass accuracy). Six of these were delivered into the final third.

(Stats obtained from Sofascore)

With Lisandro Martinez set to be available for the Sunderland clash, it will be fascinating to see if Carrick keeps faith in Heaven. The teenager has certainly made himself very difficult to drop.

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