Old school approach pays off for United


Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United vs Liverpool - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - March 10, 2018 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah shoots at goal as Manchester United's Jesse Lingard attempts to block REUTERS/Andrew Yates

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Long balls in the air to a big strong centre forward, crunching tackles, speed and physicality -- Manchester United beat Liverpool on Saturday the old-fashioned way.

Both the goals scored by Marcus Rashford in the opening 24 minutes came from long balls towards the head of United's Belgian target man Romelu Lukaku.

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