Bruno Fernandes a 'disgrace' & Manchester United 'eaten alive' in Liverpool thrashing

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"A disgrace", "shambles", "embarrassing".

Ex-Manchester United skipper Gary Neville did not clasp backmost aft watching his erstwhile broadside torn isolated by a devastating Liverpool squad connected Sunday.

The 7-0 thrashing was United's joint-heaviest competitory decision - matching those by the aforesaid people against Blackburn Rovers successful April 1926, Aston Villa successful December 1930 and Wolves successful December 1931.

Six of the goals came successful a stunning second-half Liverpool display, with their opponents simply incapable - oregon perchance adjacent unwilling - to cope.

Neville singled retired skipper Bruno Fernandes for idiosyncratic criticism.

"The 2nd fractional has been an implicit disgrace," helium said connected Sky Sports.

"It was a shambles, epitomised by skipper Bruno Fernandes, who has been embarrassing astatine times.

"They've not understood the dangers of this fixture. The Manchester United players person been eaten live retired there."

Scoreboard showing the Liverpool versus Manchester United score

Fernandes' vexation astatine the events unfolding astir him became much evident arsenic the fractional wore on.

At 1 point, erstwhile substitute Stefan Bajcetic skipped past him by the touchline, helium stopped alternatively than trying to pursuit down the young midfielder.

Neville was besides angered by Fernandes appearing to motion to the seat erstwhile Marcus Rashford was substituted successful the 85th minute, perchance to question wherefore helium was not taken off.

"He is holding his hands up asking: 'Why americium I not coming off?'" Neville said during the game, earlier aboriginal adding: "I person had capable of Fernandes throwing his arms around, whinging astatine everyone, holding his look erstwhile touched.

"That wasn't a captain's show from a Manchester United subordinate and I americium definite Erik 10 Hag volition woody with that.

"I americium definite mean work volition beryllium resumed but they person to ain that due to the fact that that is simply a disgrace."

Fernandes besides appeared to springiness the referee's adjunct a push, which was pointed retired by immoderate fans connected societal media.

Fellow erstwhile Manchester United skipper Roy Keane was arsenic dismayed by Fernandes' behaviour.

"Fernandes' assemblage connection contiguous was thing abbreviated of disgraceful," Keane said connected Sky Sports.

"A truly talented boy, he's your captain, but his assemblage language, waving his arms, not moving back... you wouldn't beryllium blessed with him successful your dressing room."

Despite his absorption connected the pitch, Fernandes did beforehand up to the media afterwards.

"It is precise frustrating, disappointing, bittersweet due to the fact that it is simply a truly atrocious result," helium said.

"We had setbacks successful the past and we person to travel backmost rapidly again. This is what Manchester United are about. We tin spell down but we person to get backmost up."

What went incorrect for Manchester United?

Bruno Fernandes looks frustrated during Manchester United's crippled with Liverpool

Everything. Or astatine slightest it surely felt similar it.

Keane added that United's "senior players" went "missing" erstwhile the "going got tough" and would beryllium "embarrassed" and "ashamed of their performance".

It came 7 days aft the nine won the Carabao Cup, beating Newcastle astatine Wembley for a archetypal trophy since Ten Hag's accomplishment arsenic manager past May. The league form, by and large, had been beardown too: After opening with 2 defeats, they had picked up 49 points from 22 matches earlier the Anfield annihilation.

But determination were signs of occupation against Liverpool, adjacent during a archetypal fractional wherever they had immoderate truly bully moments. Casemiro was uncharacteristically sloppy with his passes. Antony struggled to find team-mates with immoderate of his crosses.

And erstwhile Liverpool had scored doubly successful the archetypal 5 minutes of the 2nd half, to instrumentality the people to 3-0, United fell to pieces.

"No-one was expecting this," said erstwhile Liverpool midfielder Jamie Carragher. "This is an implicit battering for United. Liverpool were implicit stunning.

"It was shambolic from Manchester United,. You don't expect this from the Manchester United of now, possibly of the past."

Dion Dublin, who had a two-year spell with Manchester United from 1992, told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I inactive deliberation Manchester United are heading the close mode but each subordinate for Liverpool was outstanding.

"United were conscionable blown distant by it and didn't cognize what to do. They couldn't power thing successful midfield."

'Liverpool were similar Liverpool of old'

To absorption solely connected Manchester United's failings successful the crippled would bash a disservice to conscionable however bully Liverpool were.

The Reds reignited their situation for a top-four spot with a show that harked backmost to immoderate of their ascendant displays successful caller years, arsenic they defended powerfully and attacked with devastating pace.

"In the 2nd half, that was the Liverpool of old. They were archetypal to everything," said erstwhile Reds midfielder Graeme Souness connected Sky Sports.

"When you ticker the precise champion teams, erstwhile you ticker Liverpool and Manchester City play astatine their best, you deliberation they person an other man. That's however it appeared contiguous successful the 2nd half."

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