Premier Analysis: Lefty Liverpool, Arsenal's box-botherer, City's odd man out

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Young and United blunted without Rooney
Wayne Rooney's England ban has prompted suggestions that Ashley Young could step up, but he hardly excelled in Rooney's absence for Manchester United at Liverpool. Young made his fewest passes in any Premier League game this season, while Danny Welbeck â another touted as a stand-in for the sidelined Scouser â made twice as many tackles (four) as he had shots. At least he didn't get sent off.

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