Manchester United ended their nine-year wait for a win at Anfield on Sunday, with a 2-1 victory against Liverpool in the Premier League.
There was pessimism heading into the game, partly due to Ruben Amorim’s selection calls, but they worked a treat with Harry Maguire scoring the winner.
In the process, the head coach also got the monkey off his back as he claimed successive wins in the English top-flight for the first time.
The combination of Amad and Bryan Mbeumo down the right was what opened the floodgates with the Cameroonian scoring within the first minute at the Kop End.
Bryan Mbeumo on responding to Liverpool fans
After the game, the 26-year-old was asked about how the win felt, given the hostile atmosphere and he had a terrific reply on hand.
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“It’s obviously amazing. The atmosphere was crazy from the start to the end. We played a good game and were really compact. We were together from the beginning and it was really important to win today,” he told MUTV.
“It felt really good to score because they (Liverpool fans at the Kop end) were screaming and booing right from the start. So scoring in front of them and seeing them all quiet, it was quite good. But I think it’s more a team win today.”
The Cameroon international is no stranger to a hostile reception having come to Liverpool as a Brentford player, but he could sense how much bigger the contest was given the reaction he got even before the game had kicked off.
Great to win amid hostile environment
“Yeah 100 percent. Right from the warm-up it was quite hostile. We could feel it every time we had the ball. So this win was something special.”
Bryan Mbeumo was quick to praise the head coach, who has been under the cosh quite a lot this season. And he also hoped that the players, having broken the Anfield jinx, would carry on in the same vein moving forward.
“It is our second win in a row. It will help build a lot of confidence, and it was important to win for the group, especially to do it here.”
The 20-time English league champions have Brighton and Hove Albion next, another tricky contest. But expectations will be high and they must not let this momentum die down.
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Ayantan Chowdhury
After failing to become a professional footballer, Ayantan switched to the next best thing: writing about the greatest football club in the world. He has extensive sports journalism experience, having worked for over 10 years in the Indian sports media industry, writing for the biggest newspapers and websites. Currently an editor at The Peoples Person. You can follow him on X: @ayantanc_25
