MANCHESTER, England -- -- It may be the most-watched and eagerly anticipated game in English football, but for all of the glory and glamour associated with Manchester United and Liverpool, the 198th and latest meeting between the two clubs boiled down to a dispute over the merits of "long balls" between Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 84th-minute equaliser for United, which cancelled out James Milner's first-half penalty for the visitors, secured a point for the home side and ensured a draw which, ultimately, does little for the collective ambitions of the two teams.
But if there was a winner at Old Trafford, it was pragmatism over purity - "Route One" over "Gegenpress.