Liverpool vs Man Utd LIVE: Premier League result, final score after Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah goals

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Mohamed Salah became Liverpool’s record Premier League scorer as they humiliated Manchester United and ended any chance of Erik ten Hag’s men joining the title race in an historic 7-0 mauling at Anfield.

The new look forward pairing of Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo each scored twice to help Liverpool to the largest victory in the fixture’s 211-match history.

Three goals came in a seven-minute spell either side of half-time which left the United shellshocked and extended their run of not winning at Anfield since Jurgen Klopp’s first encounter with them in January 2016.

Salah then provided a timely reminder of his enduring qualities with two goals of his own to go past Robbie Fowler as the club’s record Premier League scorer with his 128th and 129th goals.

The icing on the cake was a final goal from substitute Roberto Firmino, who on Friday told the club he would be ending his eight-year stay at Anfield in the summer.

Relive the action from an unbelievable Liverpool victory over Manchester United in the Premier League:

Liverpool vs Manchester United

• Liverpool hammer Manchester United 7-0 in the Premier League
• Ruthless Liverpool hit seven to thrash shambolic Manchester United
• 88’ GOAL! - Firmino comes off the bench to add a seventh (LIV 7-0 MUN)
• 83’ GOAL! - Salah scores again to overtake Robbie Fowler’s Liverpool record (LIV 6-0 MUN)
• 75’ GOAL! - Another Nunez header piles misery on United (LIV 5-0 MUN)
• 66’ GOAL! - Salah adds a fourth for the Reds (LIV 4-0 MUN)
• 50’ GOAL! - Gakpo starts and finishes a counter-attack to demoralise United (LIV 3-0 MUN)
• 47’ GOAL! - Nunez adds quickfire second after restart (LIV 2-0 MUN)
• 43’ GOAL! - Gakpo darts inside and curls one past De Gea (LIV 1-0 MUN)
• 42’ DISALLOWED - Casemiro’s header is ruled out for offside (LIV 0-0 MUN)
• 33’ CLOSE! - Dalot meets a free kick and directs his header straight at Alisson (LIV 0-0 MUN)
• 9’ SAVE! - Antony’s low effort is palmed wide by Alisson (LIV 0-0 MUN)

[5 March 2023 12:05 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool vs Manchester United

Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of Liverpool vs Manchester United which kicks off at 4.30pm.

This Premier League clash of rivals is set to take another turn as United look to complete a league double over the Reds this season having won the reverse fixture 2-1 at Old Trafford.

Liverpool have been the dominant force for the last few years - it has been seven visits to Anfield without a win for United - with Jurgen Klopp’s men challenging for titles and silverware while the Red Devils underwent several rebuilds.

Erik ten Hag’s appointment in the summer seems to have brought a new level of competency and control to Old Trafford though and Man Utd are on their way back to the top. They ended their trophy drought last week with a victory over Newcastle in the Carabao Cup before advancing to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup as well. In the league they are chasing down Arsenal and Manchester City for the title having already reached the Europa League last-16.

The change in fortunes makes this an interesting encounter as Liverpool - with their solid history at home - should be strong favourites to win but United’s resurgence makes this clash one of the closest affairs in recent times.

Who will come out on top?