Manchester United saw the benefit of fixing their biggest problem vs Leeds and Everton

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straight to your inbox every day for freeEvery team likes to get off to a good start in a match. It’s pretty obvious that no manager will draw up a matchday plan with the idea of letting the opposition take the early advantage before then trying to bounce back to secure all three points.But how important is the first goal in football and how much does it really impact the result?Well interestingly, it usually proves to be a decisive factor.

In fact, numerous football studies conclude that scoring the game's opening goal will lead to victory roughly 70 per cent of the time.

This can be impacted by different factors though, such as team quality.For example, so far this season, Liverpool have fallen behind on five occasions and lost only once.