Liverpool beat Manchester United 4-0 and moved to the top of the Premier League for at least a day.
Bruno Fernandes suffered while watching Liverpool’s goal celebration. AOP
Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnickin the choices reflected fear.
The German has not used the line of the three toppers except in extreme distress. Now that was already the case on the opening kick.
Such an impression is given by the tuned Liverpool.
Sure, United lacked key players in the defense, but still Phil Jones fumbling to the back lines signaled despair.
Liverpool felt no mercy. Even before Anfield Road showed its humanity by singing You’ll Never Walk Alonen Cristiano Ronaldon and Georgina Rodríguezin to the deceased boy, the hosts had exposed the weakness of Rangnick’s card house.
Harry Maguire and Diogo Dalot had fallen into temptation, and defended far too high. Sadio Mané understood it at a glance. He knew neither would succeed in the running race Mo Salahille.
The first pass was broken by a shamefully poorly played United defense. Victor Lindelöf and Jones still tried to rewind to their own seats, but the difference in pace to the Egyptian was huge.
Salah cleverly intercepted the ball Luis Díazillewhich left an easy job to bring it online.
Pogban’s last?
It’s hard to say if Rangnick could have chosen any tactic that would have saved United even a draw point from Anfield Road.
The difference in the level of the teams at the moment is so huge, although it’s hard to see how this United came out second in the Premier League last season and played a record 39 losing away games in a row.
In practice, the exact same crew now dived into the third consecutive away loss.
This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when Manén slipped through the defense on the right to come up alone against Salah, but the home side’s keeper showed his lightning reflexes. This time he finished Liverpool’s second and put the match out of the reach of the away team.
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Sadio Mané (left) and Mo Salah were in the game against United. AOP
Rangnick redesigned his team in a 0-2 situation. He chose a 5-4-1 tactic in which Bruno Fernandeskin was sacrificed Nemanja Maticin alongside defense missions.
Away match will very likely be the last where Paul Pogba puts on United’s uniform. The Frenchman had to leave the field as early as the tenth minute, and not many supporters were left to mourn it.
Crushed numbers
On the field, it even seemed as if United could be more pleased with the 0-2 loss in the break, as Liverpool were playing at the expense of the team.
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Rangnick rescued Jones off the field before the start of the second episode. At the same time, United switched to a basic British four-man line of defense.
The change was also visible in the field. Marcus Rashford and Anthony Elanga got to try their luck Alissonia against. The brass guard pulled a longer streak at both and in addition the situation was flagged as an exception.
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Just a moment later, Mané moved the hosts in front of Maguire to the 3-0 lead. Salah then finalized the 4-0 final numbers Diogo Jotan from the feed.
There is nothing extra in the winning numbers. United was blind throughout the 90-minute period.