Erik ten Hag wanted to give the change after the correction. "It's unacceptable, but it's also only one game and we're going to bounce back," said the Manchester United coach on Sunday, in the wake of the shipwreck at Liverpool (7-0), on the 26th day of the Premier League. The Red Devils conceded their biggest defeat against their historic rival, beating the 1925 performance (5-0). The Mancunians had not suffered such humiliation since Boxing Day 1931 and the 7-0 against Wolverhampton.
With this triumph, Liverpool take 5th place at Newcastle with 42 points against 41, even if the Magpies have one game less. They are also three lengths behind Tottenham, 4th and last virtual qualifier for C1, but who played one more game. With 49 points and the same number of games as Liverpool, United remains firmly clinging to 3rd place, but it sees the leading tandem, composed of Arsenal (63 pts) and Manchester City (58) move away.
United remained on 11 games without defeat
We will now have to see how Raphael Varane's teammates, who remained on 11 games without defeat, will react. They totally sank in the second half after playing better than even for 40 minutes. Then Cody Gakpo started the Liverpool festival (43rd) before repeating after the break. Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nuñez also scored twice, before Roberto Firmino finished the job in the 88th, nine minutes after he came on.
With 129 league goals, Salah became Liverpool's top scorer in the Premier League ahead of Robbie Fowler.
This seventh straight game without losing to Manchester United at Anfield – the longest streak since the 1970s – could mark the Reds' real return to the forefront after months of trial and error. Jürgen Klopp also becomes the Liverpool coach to have beaten the Red Devils most often in the league with this 6th success in 16 confrontations, ahead of Gerard Houllier (5).
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