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The hosts made a combative start to the match having been given a guard of honour by their visitors, putting in a number of heavy challenges early on in an effort to prove that their title success had not dampened their desire to win

The hosts took the lead midway through the opening period when Lambert burst forward before cutting the ball back to an unmarked Philippe Coutinho, setting the Brazilian up to curl the ball into the top corner

United recovered from that scare to impose themselves once again and duly took the lead in the 14th minute when an incisive through ball from Ander Herrera sliced through the Liverpool defence on the way to finding Mata, who slid a low finish in off the far post