Liverpool target 'next Bruno Fernandes' after making mystery offer to Mac Allister

With Alexis Mac Allister heading into the summer transfer window, Liverpool are looking to link the Brighton midfielder with the 'next Bruno Fernandes'.

Go fourth and thrive 'It leaves United clinging to fourth place and the final Champions League qualifying spot' - Mark Irwin, The Sun.

"And the defeat was such a bitter pill for Manchester United who may well be a bit nervous about their place in the top four...Liverpool are closing in" - John Cross, Daily Mirror.

“Now United's Premier League season is in danger of collapsing at the final hurdle. Liverpool are breathing down their necks” – Samuel Luckhurst, Manchester Evening News.

Man Utd remain four points ahead of Liverpool with one game less, and eight points ahead of Brighton, with the Seagulls having played one game more. The loss was not ideal but they still firmly control fourth place.

You and I have a lot of history.

"The tackles were flying, there's too much history between these two teams for there not to be an advantage and yet it was the vocal Brighton fans who earned their celebrations at the end" - John Cross, Daily Mirror.

Are we seriously going to claim that Alexis Mac Allister was fueled by vengeful thoughts from the 1983 FA Cup final? Can there be "too much history between" teams that have only played each other 15 times in the last 30 years, and 31 times in total?

"Brighton's 4-0 win over United at the Amex Stadium a year ago meant the Lancashire club did not qualify for the Champions League, so as far as motivation goes, United were probably simmering the fiercer and they began as a team on a mission, with Antony's early efforts only slightly off target” – Alyson Rudd, The Times.

Four players started the 4-0 loss and the 1-0 loss. Man Utd even had a different manager. And they finished last season 13 points off fourth place, drawing one game and losing four of their last six games. Whether they beat Brighton or not, they did not qualify for the Champions League.

Furthermore, the Seagulls were "probably simmering the hardest", having lost the FA Cup semi-final to the same opponent 11 days before.

Shaw thingThe Daily Mirror website knows precisely what it is doing with a headline of 'Luke Shaw points finger at Man Utd team-mates for mistake which cost them Brighton', given that it is very obviously his mistake which specifically cost them Brighton.

They want clicks from incredulous Man Utd fans furious that Shaw tried to blame the loss.

And although the defender said 'we know the problem: the problem is that we don't score', he also said 'it's because of my mistake at the end' and 'c It's disappointing, I lost us a point.” So at least as many fingers pointing in his own direction as elsewhere.

MessiSo Man Utd's business is 'hanging on' but remains on course for Champions League football. And Andy Dunn of the Daily Mirror knows exactly what to spend the next windfall on.

"Given that Manchester United reportedly have a sort of 'Ronaldo rule' which will prevent one player from winning significantly more than anyone else, the chances of Lionel Mesi performing at Old Trafford appear to be slim to nil ", he says, rubbing two sticks randomly together in the vain hope of starting a transfer fire.

Do these 'slim and nil' chances prevent Dunn from writing an entire article on how Man Utd should 'move mountains' to sign Messi? Absolutely not.

He concedes it's "wishful thinking" and "the idea of ​​a...