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Lee Wilmot

Chelsea's Premier League record intact as Jose Mourinho responds to Jurgen Klopp jibe

There was a big top flight record that Liverpool failed to match on Sunday.

Victory over Manchester United would have seen Liverpool equal the most consecutive top flight victories in English football at 18.

The 1-1 draw at Old Trafford put paid to that though, meaning Manchester City hold the record outright.

But there was another record that Liverpool failed to match too.

They could have opened the campaign with nine straight victories - something only Chelsea have done since the Premier League's inception.

The Blues achieved the feat in the 2005/06 season under then manager Jose Mourinho. Mourinho was obviously the manager at Manchester United too, and was in the Sky Sports studio for the clash at Old Trafford.

And after the game, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp took aim at the way United played, which was in part aimed at Mourinho too, given his time spent with United.

Klopp said: "Man United had momentum in the first half because they were purely there to defend us.

"It's just a point. Since I'm in England Man United always played like this. We could do better and we will be better in the future but now we have to take it like it is.

"Everyone builds it up like a mountain but only one team has to defend and the other team has to make the game. It's not the feeling that we won something today - it's just a point."

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And Mourinho immediately responded when the cameras returned to the Sky Sports studio.

He replied: "Because he never beat Manchester United at Old Trafford, I think he didn't like the menu. He likes meat and he got fish, so he was not happy.

"They are of course much stronger playing against an opposition that gives them chances of transitions and counter attacks.

"Of course, United, with the limitations they have at this moment, they played a different type of game.

"They tried to be solid at the back, they tried to not give them a chance of transition, they kept always with three centre-backs in position plus [Scott] McTominay and Fred who were always compact.

"Jurgen clearly has frustrations. It's a fantastic situation for his team. But at Old Trafford - which is a special place to win - he never did it."

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