Liverpool bring Manchester UnitedThe convoy stopped and shuddered when Cody gakpo, Darwin Nunez And Mohamed Salah all scored twice in the 7-0 thrashing of their arch-rivals to boost their record Premier League top four hopes at Anfield on Sunday.
A week after the revived United won their first trophy since 2017 by Carabao Cup Champion and amid talk of winning the title, they were blown away on both sides of the first half as Liverpool scored their biggest ever margin of victory in the game.
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Third place United looked slightly ahead for 43 minutes, but it turned out to be a horrifying performance at Anfield for Erik ten Hag’s side as they suffered the club’s heaviest defeat since 7-0 loss first The Wanderer Wolverhampton in 1931.
“There are no words [for what we just did], ” said Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp after the game. “Super front foot, super lively, super active. They played great football against a team that was in shape. The first half, we got a little wild in a way that we didn’t want to. The second half, obviously started pretty well, finished pretty well, everything else was pretty good too.”
Gakpo’s superb finish from Liverpool’s first attempt gave the hosts the lead after the break.
Within five minutes of the restart, it was all over as Darwin made it 2-0 with a header after some comical United defenses against a blitzy Liverpool counter-attack due to Salah’s lead ended with Gakpo’s finish to make it 3-0.
As United fell into disarray and lost their head, Salah got the ball in action on his team’s fourth goal in the 66th minute and Nunez then headed home the helpless keeper. David de Gea at 75 minutes. But there’s still more to come.
Salah rubbed salt into United’s wounds with a close-range strike to score his club’s 129th Premier League goal, surpassing the mark of Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler.
Roberto Firmino then came on from the bench to take Klopp’s side to seventh heaven although at that stage most United followers were headed for the exits.
Liverpool beat United 4-0 at Anfield in April 2022 but considering the reversal of fortunes by the two clubs since that date, the result is a big surprise.
United’s crushing defeat, described by Sky Sports pundit and their former defender Gary Neville as a “disgrace”, leaves them in third place with 49 points and inevitably out of the title race. . They are 14 points behind the leading team weaponwho played a game more.
Liverpool’s fourth win in five matches has lifted them above Newcastle United Football Club up fifth with 42 points, three points behind fourth place Tottenham Hotspur with a game in hand.
“It’s been a great day for everyone,” said the Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson told Sky Sports. “The level of performance from each player is top quality right now, that’s something we’ve missed for a while, of course.
“Today you can see the energy level and things are back, although to be fair the last few Premier League games have shown we are on the right track.”
Liverpool’s previous biggest win over United was a 7-1 win in 1895 when both clubs were in the second division.
