Liverpool vs Man Utd LIVE: Premier League result, final score after Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah goals
Liverpool 7-0 Man Utd: Jurgen Klopp’s Red demolish Man Utd in second half thrashing at Anfield
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 0-0 Man Utd
6 mins: Alisson belts the ball long and tries to get Mo Salah in behind with the early kick. The ball drops over Salah’s head and bounces into the box.
Fred tracks back and goes shoulder-to-shoulder with Salah but manages to hold him off long enough for the ball to cross the byline. That was a good tussle and Salah gives a rye smile at the end of it.
Liverpool 0-0 Man Utd
5 mins: Erik ten Hag has set up with Wout Weghorst in a deeper no. 10 role and Marcus Rashford starting as the main centre-forward. Bruno Fernandes is out on the left wing.
It’s United’s turn to whip a free kick into the box. Luke Shaw curls one in but Alisson is quickly off his line to pluck the ball out of the air.
Liverpool 0-0 Man Utd
2 mins: It’s a scrappy contest already. Casemiro flicks Cody Gakpo’s heel before Fred brings down Harvey Elliott and Liverpool are awarded a free kick inside the United half.
Trent Alexander-Arnold floats it in but United deal with the cross easily enough.
Kick off: Liverpool 0-0 Man Utd
Manchester United get the match started and push up through the middle of the pitch. Bruno Fernandes and Fabinho come together with the United midfielder being punished for a foul.
Liverpool vs Man Utd
Here come the teams.
This will be a fascinating contest between to old rivals. Manchester United are in better form but Liverpool have a very strong recent home record against the Red Devils.
Both managers have named close to full strength teams and both teams have goals to achieve for the season. Three points and a win over the other is reward enough in this fixture.
But who will end up on top?
Liverpool vs Man Utd
Marcus Rashford has scored six goals against Liverpool since the start of the 2017/18 season - the joint-most of any player, along with Harry Kane.
However, Rashford is yet to score at Anfield.
He has scored 10 goals in his last 10 Premier League games, netting in each of his last five appearances.
Only three different Manchester United players have scored in six in a row - Ruud van Nistelrooy (on three separate occasions), Eric Cantona (April 1996) and Cristiano Ronaldo (April 2008).
Liverpool vs Man Utd
Mo Salah is one goal short of equalling Robbie Fowler’s Premier League club record of 128. He has scored at least 20 goals in all competitions in all six of his seasons with Liverpool.
Salah has scored eight Premier League goals versus Manchester United, only Alan Shearer (10) has more. But, Salah is also Liverpool’s record goalscorer against United with 10 goals in all competitions including nine in the last five meetings.
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Three wins and a draw, accompanied by four clean sheets, mean Jurgen Klopp’s side head into Sunday’s encounter in a much better Premier League position than a month ago, when they lost 3-0 at Wolves.
United are the top-flight’s form team, with their 23 points amassed post-World Cup the most of any side, while they also won the Carabao Cup last weekend.
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United are the top-flight’s form team, with their 23 points amassed post-World Cup the most of any side.
Liverpool vs Man Utd
Manchester United have won six of their 12 top-flight away fixtures this campaign, equalling their total number of away victories last season.
The Red Devils have also scored in each of their last 15 Premier League games, the longest current run in the competition and their best such run since a sequence of 17 matches between February and October 2020.
Liverpool vs Man Utd
Manchester United could reach 50 points after 25 Premier League matches for only the second time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.
They recorded 53 under Jose Mourinho in 2017/18 and went onto finish second.
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