Liverpool moved to within three points of Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League’s fourth place after a thumping 7-0 win against Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday.
Cody Gakpo opened the scoring on 43 minutes, staying onside to get on the end of a defence-splitting pass from Andy Robertson before cutting inside and shooting into the far corner of David De Gea’s goal.
Two minutes into the second half Darwin Nunez doubled the hosts’ advantage with a close-range strike from a Harvey Elliott cross after sloppy defending from Luke Shaw and Casemiro.
Then, with United still reeling, Liverpool broke up an attack before Mohamed Salah stormed down the wing before playing in Gakpo to finish past De Gea.
Salah got on the scoresheet himself on 66 minutes with a powerful effort from 12 yards after another Liverpool breakaway and a deflection from a United defence being pulled all over the pitch.
But Liverpool were not finished, nowhere near, and Darwin grabbed himself a second of…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
