LIVERPOOL HANDED MANCHESTER UNITED THEIR WORST PREMIER LEAGUE DEFEAT, LIVERPOOL DEFEATED MANCHESTER

Manchester United came into this game in fine form having won a trophy for the first time in six years last week and having beaten West ham United on Wednesday to get to the Quarter final of the FA CUP. The last time this two met Manchester United were victorious over their rivals with Marcus Rashford and Sancho on the scoresheet, Manchester United came into this game with a mindset of repeating that feat. Manchester United boss Erik Ten Hag lined up his side in a 4-2-3-1 formation,the experienced David de Gea started in between the sticks, world cup winners Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane started in defence, Casemiro and Fred maintained their brilliant partnership in the middle of the park and inform Marcus Rashford led the attack.

Liverpool came into this game having gotten their Premier league season back on track being unbeaten in five Premier league matches you could clearly say top four finish is a realistic target for Liverpool, Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp lined up his side in a 4-3-3 formation Allison was in goal, Virgil Van Dijk was in defence and Coady Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah were the three at the front.

Liverpool scored their first goal in the 43rd minute with their first chance on target through Coady Gakpo, the goal was of individual brilliance it was a shot from the left side of the box to the bottom corner. Liverpool came back stronger in the second half as they doubled their advantage two minutes after the start of the second half this time it was Darwin Nunez, he was assisted by Harvey Elliott, Coady Gakpo scored his second of the game to make matters worse for Manchester United, this time he beats David from the right side of the box, he was assisted by Salah.

Salah scored for Liverpool in the 66th minute his first of the game to equal last season score line at Anfield, he shoots from the centre of the box the ball hits the down side of the ball and enters the post. Darwin Nunez scored made it more humiliating for Manchester United in the 75th minute, it was his second of the game, Jordan Henderson crosses the ball from a set piece, Nunez easily league home. There was no chance for Nunez and Gakpo to get their hat trick as they were substituted by Jota and Firmino.

Salah got on the scoresheet again in the 83rd minute, it was his second of the match and Liverpool’s sixth the goal took Salah to become Liverpool’s record goal scorer in the Premier League passing Robbie Fowler’s Premier League record, it was Salah‘s 129th goal for Liverpool in the Premier league. Firmino made it seven in the 88th minute to give Manchester United their highest defeat in the Premier league.

The win took Liverpool to fifth in Liverpool's second-highest fourth-place Spurs and a point above Newcastle having played a game more, it was Liverpool's second-highest win at Anfield in the Premier League and their highest victory over Manchester United.

The defeat is Manchester United’s first defeat in twelve games and it’s a very humiliating defeat, the players have to pick themselves up and recover from this, and their next match will be against Real Betis in the UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE on Thursday, their next match in the Premier League will be againstt struggling Southampton there will be no margin for error as they are expected to get back to winning ways in the league.

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