Manchester United were beaten 7-0 by Liverpool in a Premier League game staged at Anfield on Sunday night.
Cody Gakpo opened the scoring before half time with a cracking strike and the Dutchman added a second after the break, while Mo Salah (2), Darwin Nunez (2) and Roberto Firmino also hit the net.
A long kick from Alisson was collected by Andy Robertson who cut inside, beating his opposite full-back Diogo Dalot before guiding a perfect pass inside midfielder Fred. Gakpo cut in from wide and curled a perfectly-judged shot beyond the diving David de Gea into the far corner for Liverpool’s opener just at the stroke of half time.
Two minutes after the restart when Wout Weghorst, Casemiro and Raphael Varane all failed to clear an attack after Shaw lost the ball. Harvey Elliott found Nunez who scored from close range. After 50 minutes, Liverpool broke down the right, through Salah, and his cross was converted superbly by Gakpo with a confident finish.
Fifteen minutes later, Jordan Henderson sparked another counter-attack which ended with Nunez picking out Salah for his deserved contribution – and there was, incredibly, more to come.
Nunez made it 5-0 on 75 minutes when he headed in from six yards from a brilliant Henderson cross and Salah was certainly not finished. He converted a scrappy goal from six yards from a Firmino assist as United’s defence was again conspicuous by its absence.
And two minutes from time, Firmino was the popular scorer of the seventh and last goal as his old colleague Salah set up the goal that gave the home contingent in the Anfield crowd as much pleasure as any.
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