Rooney snatches United win

Wayne Rooney scored his first goal at Liverpool since 2005 to help Manchester United move back within two points of the Premier League top four.

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Liverpool had more chances in a dour encounter, with Emre Can's shot being superbly tipped away by David de Gea.

But they were made to pay when Rooney rifled in from six yards after Marouane Fellaini's header hit the bar.

The visitors, who are fifth, had not managed a single shot on target until the England captain's winner.

Liverpool stay in ninth position in the top-flight table, six points behind rivals United.

And that will no doubt frustrate Liverpool who slipped to a fourth straight defeat to United, missing the chance to close the gap in the Premier League standings.

The results sees United, who move up a place to fifth, open up a potentially crucial six-point gap over their North West rivals in the table, while Liverpool remain ninth.

Both teams entered the game on the back of 3-3 draws which seemed to please both managers, with Jurgen Klopp making just one change, with Lucas Leiva replacing Jordan Ibe, while Louis van Gaal named an unchanged side.

Early chances in the second half clearly illustrated Klopp had instructed his side to get at United after the break but, having done well to get away from Chris Smalling, Emre Can was denied by De Gea, who defected the German's effort agonisingly across the face of goal.

United enjoyed their best spell of the game shortly after as Martial showed great control to get away from three Liverpool defenders before fizzing a low effort from a narrow angle wide.

And then the visitors had two half-hearted penalties claims turned down in quick succession, as referee Mark Clattenburg ruled Mamadou Sakho and Lucas not to have fouled Martial and Herrera respectively.

De Gea then produce the save of the game to tip Can's rasping drive away on 66 minutes, before denying Firmino's effort on the rebound. And Sakho couldn't rise high enough to head Milner's cross home on 72 minutes.

And Liverpool were made to pay for their prolificacy in front of goal. The hosts failed to react to a quick United corner, allowing substitute Juan Mata to find Fellaini in the area. His headed struck the bar and fell for Rooney who made no mistake in sealing a vintage United smash-and-grab raid at the home of their fiercest rivals.

Manchester United's Liverpool-born matchwinner Wayne Rooney talking to BBC Sport: "This is a special feeling, obviously. It is always great to score at your rivals and, against Liverpool for this football club, it is a massive result. On a personal note it doesn't get much better.

"For my goal, I know Simon Mignolet is a very good goalkeeper and there were players trying to cover so I just tried to put my foot through it and take whoever was in the way with it! Thankfully it went in and won us the game.

"Today the performance wasn't that important - the result was all that mattered."

Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal speaking to Sky Sports: "When you beat Liverpool, it is good for the fans and for the table as our competitors also lose points, it is a big step in a good direction and I am very happy.

“In the first-half we didn’t keep the ball and we have survived the first-half. In the second-half we played much better and kept the ball better and created chances and Wayne Rooney makes the fantastic goal again.

“I don’t think David de Gea has done very much, two or three balls he has to stop, a goalkeeper has to do that. He is playing very good but you can not say he was a fantastic, marvelous goalkeeper today.

“We have played against Newcastle and given away two leads and now we have done the things we have trained and discussed so that is most precious aspect of the game today. We won and a we have won a lot of games in 2016 now and have not lost yet.”

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp talking to BBC Sport: "I didn't see too many chances for Manchester United and we didn't take ours. Of course it is frustrating. We lost a game that we should not have lost.

"The goal was to defend and we didn't do it. That is our responsibility. We have to defend set pieces better.

"We did really well creating the chances, but there were a lot of situation where we could have created more chances and didn't. There were a lot of things but we lost in a derby against Manchester United so I can't be very positive at this moment so soon after the game."

Shirtless Justin Bieber Really Wants to Show Off His New Purple Hair

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When it's time to show off a brand-new haircut, many people choose to snap a casual selfie outside the hair salon. Some may want to debut it at a special event or party. Or if you're Justin Bieber, you show it off in nothing but a gym towel.

After teasing fans about his new haircut Friday night, the "Sorry" singer took to Instagram Saturday morning where he shared not one but two shirtless selfies. In both shots, fans got a clear view of his purple hair and a little more thanks to that extra low shower accessory.

"Back in the gym," he wrote on Instagram with his signature Calvin Kleinunderwear nowhere to be found.

The purple ombré style reminds us of a new trend some are calling the "mermaid hair." In the Biebs case, the singer opted for a darker shade in the back with a grayish lavender color in the front.

In an added twist, teenagers noticed another young famous face change up her hair this weekend. Little Mix singer Jada Thirlwall also debuted a new color that proves this style really may be a hit.

"Grey…shante you stay," she captioned on Instagram after snapping a perfectly normal selfie.

Putting hairstyles aside, Justin has a big reason to hit the gym on a regular basis.

The pop star is gearing up for his first world tour in nearly three years with a start date just around the corner. While making an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Biebs announced the Purpose World Tour kicks off March 9, 2016 in Seattle.

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Comedian Heather McDonald ‘lived in fear’ while Chelsea Handler's E! show

Comedian Heather McDonald doesn't like the way she was handled by a controversial late-night star.

McDonald, who was a roundtable regular on Chelsea Handler's E! show, said most Handler's crew lived in fear of the former "Chelsea Lately" host.

"I lived in fear, 100 percent lived in fear. I enjoyed my time there, I was happy, but something could happen and my heart would be beating and I'd be like 'is this it?" she said.

In a promo for Matt Weiss and Theo Von's "Allegedly" podcast, the "You'll Never Blue Ball In This Town Again" author felt blindsided by Handler when she didn't tell people on set she was bowing out.

The future of Handler’s contract was a daily speculation among McDonald’s colleagues during coffee breaks, but the end of “Chelsea Lately” — and her job — was a surprise delivered en route to a Lakers game.

“Her manager was on a red carpet and said Chelsea, the show, was ending this year,” McDonald said.

In July, the "Uganda Be Kidding Me" stand-up star announced she was leaving E! to film "Chelsea Does" for Netflix.

"I think she's a good person, I don't agree with how she treats relationships in her life," McDonald said on the podcast, which airs Tuesday. "I think she's missing out by dumping people."

"When you’re in her life and you’re her friend, it’s the greatest thing,” she said of her former pal. “She makes you feel so special until you're not.”

Handler inked a seven-year deal with Netflix. Her new four-part docuseries, premieres Saturday.

She'll also launch a new talk show on Netflix after the documentaries air.


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Confusion as a Imam was arrested after 'blasphemer' teen cuts off hand

Pakistani police have arrested the imam of a mosque for inciting violence after a 15-year-old boy, who was told by the religious leader that he was a blasphemer, went home and cut off his own hand.

Shabbir Ahmed was delivering a sermon at a village mosque in the east of Pakistan's Punjab province when he told the gathering those who love the Prophet Mohammad always say their prayers before asking who, among the crowd, had stopped praying and did not love the prophet.

Local police chief Nausher Ahmed told Reuters news agency that Mohammad Anwar, mishearing the question, raised his hand. The imam quickly singled him out and called him a "blasphemer" in front of the congregation.

Anwar went home and cut off his hand - an act welcomed by his father who told police he was proud of his son and did not want the imam arrested.

The boy presented his arm to the imam on a plate, said Nausher who added he saw a video in which the boy was greeted by villagers in the street as his parents proclaimed their pride.

The incident took place at a village in Hujra Shah Muqeem town, about 125km south of Punjab's capital Lahore.

Police filed anti-terrorism charges against Shabbir and arrested him on Saturday.

"Such illiterate imams of mosques should not be allowed to deliver speeches," Nausher said. "His arrest is under the National Action Plan that hate speeches inciting violence are no longer allowed in this country."

Blasphemy is a highly controversial issue in Pakistan, and angry mobs have killed many people accused of insulting Islam in the Muslim-majority country.

The law does not define blasphemy but stipulates that the penalty is death, although a death sentence has never been carried out.

Since 1990, more than 65 people have been extrajudicially killed as a result of blasphemy cases.

Supporters of convicted killer Mumtaz Qadri during a sit-in protest demanding his release in Karach [Reuters]

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Burkina Faso: President Buhari Promise To Support

President Buhari’s statement is coming as Burkina Faso grapple with the aftermath of Friday night’s terrorist attack on Ouagadougou.

In a telephone call to President Kabore on Saturday, the President expressed shock at the attack on the Splendid Hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital in which 26 persons were reportedly killed and a further 56 injured.

“Accept my sympathy over what happened in your country. I am however glad to hear that your forces have rallied, and things are now under control,” President Buhari told his counterpart.

He assured President Kabore that Nigeria would continue to work with Burkina Faso, other members of the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and other peace-loving nations of the world to overcome the scourge of international terrorism.


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