Liverpool vs. Manchester United – Football Match Report – March 5, 2023

Liverpool introduced Manchester United’s bandwagon to a shuddering halt as Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice in a document 7-0 hammering of their arch-rivals to spice up their Premier League prime-4 hopes at Anfield on Sunday.

Every week after a resurgent United claimed their first trophy since 2017 by successful the Carabao Cup and amid speak of a title push they had been blown away both facet of half-time as Liverpool recorded their greatest-ever margin of victory within the fixture.

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Third-placed United had appeared marginally the higher facet for 43 minutes, but it surely became an Anfield horror present for Erik ten Hag’s facet as they suffered the membership’s worst defeat since a 7-0 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1931.

“No words [for what we just did],” Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp mentioned after the match. “Super front foot, super lively, super active. They played great football against the team in form. First half, we got a bit wild in a way we didn’t want. Second half, obviously the start was pretty good, the finish was pretty good, everything else was pretty good.”

Gakpo’s excellent end from Liverpool’s first try heading in the right direction gave the hosts the lead on the break.

Within 5 minutes of the restart it was throughout as a contest with Darwin making it 2-0 with a header after some comical United defending earlier than a lightning Liverpool counter-assault led by Salah ended with Gakpo ending in fashion for 3-0.

With United in disarray and shedding their heads Salah received in on the act to rifle in his facet’s fourth within the 66th minute and Nunez then despatched a header previous helpless goalkeeper David De Gea within the seventy fifth minute. But there was nonetheless extra to return.

Salah rubbed salt into United wounds with a detailed-vary effort to attain a document 129th Premier League objective for the membership, taking him previous the mark of Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler.

Roberto Firmino then got here off the bench to ship Klopp’s facet into seventh heaven though by that stage most of United’s followers had headed for the exits.

Liverpool had thrashed United 4-0 at Anfield in April 2022 however contemplating the reversal of fortunes for the 2 golf equipment since that day this consequence was a serious shock.

United’s sobering defeat, described by Sky Sports pundit and their former defender Gary Neville as a “disgrace,” left them in third place on 49 factors and certainly out of the title race. They are 14 factors off leaders Arsenal, who’ve performed a recreation extra.

Liverpool’s fourth win in 5 league matches lifted them above Newcastle United into fifth on 42 factors, three factors behind fourth-positioned Tottenham Hotspur with a recreation in hand.

“It was a fantastic day for everyone,” Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson informed Sky Sports. “The performance level from every single player was top quality today which is something that we’ve been missing for a while of course.

“Today you might see the vitality ranges and every little thing was again, though to be honest the previous couple of Premier League video games had proven we had been on the proper path.”

Liverpool’s earlier greatest win over United was a 7-1 victory in 1895 when each golf equipment had been within the second tier.