After falling behind to a chipped effort from Emmanuel Dennis in the 15th minute, the Reds restored parity when Anthony Martial latched onto a poor throw-in from Maxim De Cuyper and confidently finished past former Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet.
Despite the introduction of Odion Ighalo and Bruno Fernandes after the break, the scores remained level and United will take an away goal back to Old Trafford for next week's second leg.
Speaking to BT Sport, MUTV and in his post-match press conference afterwards, the boss gave his verdict on the performance, the current form of Martial and looked ahead to the return fixture in Manchester.