'Glimpse of future as Liverpool inflict brutal humiliation'

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As world checks go, the humiliation Liverpool handed retired to Manchester United astatine a joyous and astir disbelieving Anfield was arsenic brutal arsenic it gets.

The statistic talk for themselves.

Liverpool's 7-0 triumph was a monument to the instrumentality of each the qualities that person driven occurrence nether manager Jurgen Klopp. Those aforesaid statistic piled up similar rubble astatine the feet of a Manchester United broadside that simply crumbled.

The biggest beating successful the past of this celebrated fixture; the 7-0 scoreline equalling the heaviest decision inflicted connected United; Liverpool scoring six goals successful a genuinely singular 45 minutes successful beforehand of The Kop.

Joy for Liverpool. Pain for Manchester United.

United mislaid by the aforesaid borderline to Blackburn Rovers successful 1926, to Aston Villa successful 1930 and to Wolverhampton Wanderers successful 1931.

None of those volition beryllium mentioned successful the aforesaid enactment arsenic this genuinely singular crippled due to the fact that of who inflicted it and where.

This is wherefore this triumph was celebrated truthful wildly by Liverpool's baying fans. This is wherefore Manchester United volition beryllium truthful severely wounded.

This volition beryllium a time that volition beryllium remembered everlastingly by everyone who witnessed it astatine Anfield - adjacent those United supporters who volition effort to blank it from their representation but volition find it intolerable - and acold beyond.

The physics scoreboard astatine Anfield aft full-time pursuing Liverpool's 7-0 triumph implicit Manchester United

Liverpool person been scratching for the aged certainties this season. The intensity. The passion. The ruthlessness. The controlled fury.

Unfortunately for United, it each came flooding backmost successful a crippled that volition spell down successful history. It surely enactment the Red Devils' renaissance, shown by the EFL Cup triumph against Newcastle United astatine Wembley, connected impermanent hold.

Mohamed Salah's 2 goals made him Liverpool's grounds Premier League scorer with 129, overtaking Robbie Fowler contempt playing 61 less games.

Salah's grounds shows the seismic interaction helium has had from beauteous overmuch the archetypal time helium arrived astatine Liverpool from Roma successful June 2017 - and yet present helium besides took his spot successful what Klopp is gathering for the future.

Liverpool guardant Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring successful his side's 7-0 Premier League triumph implicit Manchester United astatine Anfield

The Egyptian netted 2 goals, astir expected fixed the information helium is besides Liverpool's grounds scorer against Manchester United with 12.

But of large value was the interaction of 2 newcomers brought successful arsenic Klopp renews the onslaught that has served him truthful superbly - Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo.

This was the show of an Anfield improvement arsenic the brace gave a tantalising glimpse of the future.

Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino formed 1 of the astir potent tridents successful satellite shot successful Klopp's archetypal large squad but the winds of alteration person been blowing.

Mane made his exit to Bayern Munich successful the summertime portion Firmino announced connected Friday that helium would beryllium leaving Liverpool astatine the extremity of the season.

Indeed, it was a motion of Liverpool's cleanable scriptwriting connected Sunday that the Brazilian emerged arsenic a substitute to a rapturous reception and provided the cleanable finale to this landmark crippled with the extremity that made successful 7-0 successful beforehand of The Kop successful the closing moments.

Alongside those goals from Liverpool's aged defender came 2 each from Gakpo and Nunez that hinted astatine the potency and committedness wrong the adjacent incarnation of Klopp's guardant line.

Gakpo was a people for United manager Erik 10 Hag earlier Liverpool stepped successful to snatch him distant from PSV Eindhoven successful January - and present you could spot what the attraction was.

He provided a creaseless decorativeness from Andrew Robertson's cleanable walk to unfastened up what had been, arsenic singular arsenic it sounds, a choky crippled for 43 minutes.

Gakpo scored Liverpool's 3rd with a delicate flourish aft superb enactment by Salah, earlier helium was joined connected the scoresheet by Nunez, who is present getting the goals his manufacture has deserved.

Nunez diverted Harvey Elliott's driven transverse past United keeper David de Gea to enactment Liverpool 2-0 up past scored with different superb header from Jordan Henderson's shot successful for the fifth.

Gakpo and Nunez are inactive aboriginal works successful advancement but they person goals, assortment and flexibility. Throw successful the enduring, world-class Salah and this is different threatening Liverpool onslaught unit successful the making.

In the wider context, Klopp's broadside are present an ominous beingness to the likes of Tottenham and Newcastle United successful the combat for a top-four place.

Liverpool are lone 3 points down Spurs, who mislaid astatine Wolves connected Saturday, portion Newcastle look to beryllium fading aft a good archetypal fewer months of the season.

Klopp flagged up conscionable however large this week was successful shaping those ambitions and it has brought a deserved location triumph against Wolves earlier United were wholly overwhelmed.

He said: "It was the propulsion we wanted. It puts america successful the close direction. Everyone has to cognize we are inactive around.

"It wasn't the lawsuit for a portion but this was a due amusement of what we tin beryllium and what we person to beryllium from present on."

It was aft a 4-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Liverpool successful April that past Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick announced: "They are six years up of us."

United's steps to betterment this play suggested the spread had been closed to an grade - but erstwhile Liverpool get it right, arsenic they did here, it inactive resembles a chasm.

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