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Liverpool's next challenge in their bid to win the Premier League title this season is a trip to Old Trafford to face arch-rivals Manchester United on February 24, and there are certainly plenty of pointers they can take from the Red Devils' 2-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain there on Tuesday night.

On the chalkboard

Well, while the Merseyside outfit will be confident in focusing on themselves and ensuring they perform given how good they've been this season, they will still be aware that going to the 'Theatre of Dreams' and returning with three points is no easy task – they haven't done it in the top flight since 2014.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer suffered his first defeat since he took caretaker charge until the end of the campaign in December in the first-leg last 16 Champions League clash against PSG, and his team were largely outclassed by the Ligue 1 leaders despite being in outstanding form in the Premier League in the lead up to the tie.

Jurgen Klopp will certainly have been interested by what he saw if he was watching proceedings, and he should have learned two things in particular from the side managed by Thomas Tuchel, who of course got one over his fellow German during his team's 2-1 win against Liverpool in November.

What were they?

Firstly, United had a clear lack of concentration and awareness for both of the visitors' goals on Tuesday.

For PSG's opener, Nemanja Matic fell asleep from a corner which allowed Presnel Kimpembe to find the net for the opener, while Kylian Mbappe showed greater speed and determination to get to a cross before the Red Devils' defence for the second.

Secondly, Marquinhos produced a brilliant performance man-marking a key man under Solskjaer in Paul Pogba, nullifying him and obvious frustrating the Frenchman as he picked up a second yellow towards the end of the match.

Someone like Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum could easily be given a similar role on February 24 to stop the powerful 2018 World Cup winner, while Sadio Mane and Mo Salah can use their anticipation and sheer pace to great effect, too.