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Manchester United, one of the leading teams in the Premier League football series, has suffered its worst defeat. Liverpool beat that team 7-0.
The leading teams Manchester United and Liverpool clashed in an important match of the Premier League series that attracted the attention of the world fans. The match was played at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool in front of tens of thousands of fans.
Manchester United are third and Liverpool are 5th in the points table. The statistics and recent performances have been in favor of Manchester United.
Manchester United took to the field with renewed vigor after ending their trophyless drought since 2017 by winning the Carabao Cup a week ago. Accordingly, although both teams battled evenly at the start of the game, Manchester United seemed to have the upper hand.
But the game turned upside down in the 43rd minute when Liverpool youngster Cody Cakebo scored the first goal. While Manchester United’s players were frozen in shock, Liverpool’s team intensified their attacking play.
Liverpool players came out in waves and attacked. This also had tangible benefits. In the next fourth minute, Darwin Nunes did a great job flying in the air and heading the ball into the back of the net.
Manchester United could not recover from the shock of 2 consecutive goals in four minutes. Liverpool led 2-nil in the first half.
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As the second half began, Liverpool started to attack with more enthusiasm. As a result, youngster Cody Kakebo scored again in the 50th minute.
Manchester United’s players seemed to be mentally exhausted as they struggled to cope with Liverpool’s attack. The team’s defense looked weak.
Taking advantage of this, Liverpool players rained goals. The star player of the team, Mohamed Salah, scored in the 66th and 83rd minutes and was amazing.
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Darwin Nunes scored his second goal in the 75th minute and Brazilian star Roberto Firmino scored a spectacular goal in the 88th minute.
The mentally exhausted Manchester United players could not score a single goal till the end. The Liverpool team, who performed brilliantly and shattered the team’s confidence, ended up winning 7-0.
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With 2 goals in this match, Mohamed Salah has become the top goalscorer for Liverpool. He has scored a total of 129 goals for the team so far. He was also Liverpool’s top scorer against Manchester.
Since joining Liverpool in 2017, Mohamed Salah has been a prolific contributor. Mohamed Salah became one of the most watched players in the football world after joining the club.
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This is Liverpool’s biggest win against Manchester. Liverpool’s previous biggest win was a 7-1 win.
As far as Manchester United is concerned, this is their worst defeat in 90 years. Manchester United, who have lost 3 times by the same scoreline, last suffered such a crushing defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1931.
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All this aside, fans of star player Ronaldo are celebrating Manchester United’s worst defeat. Many of Ronaldo’s fans have tweeted to imply that Manchester United have paid the price for sending Ronaldo off.
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Ronaldo is currently playing for Al-Nasser in the Saudi Pro League after his controversial exit from Manchester United. Notably, he is the highest paid footballer in the world as of today.
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