Match Report
Goals: Gakpo 43′, Nunez 47′, Gakpo 50′, Salah 66′, Nunez 75′, Salah 83′, Firmino 88′
Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson; Robertson, van Dijk, Konate, Alexander-Arnold; Henderson (Bajcetic 78′), Fabinho (Milner 79′), Elliott (Jones 85′); Nunez (Jota 79′), Gakpo (Firmino 79′), Salah
Unused Substitution: Tsimikas, Carvalho, Matip, Kelleher
Coach: Jurgen Klopp
Manchester United (4-2-3-1): de Gea; Shaw, Martinez (Malacia 76′), Varane, Dalot; Fred (McTominay 58′), Casemiro (Sabitzer 76′), Fernandes, Weghorst (Garnacho 58′), Antony; Rashford (Elanga 85′)
Unused Substitution: Maguire, Heaton, Sancho, Wan-Bissaka
Coach: Erik ten Hag
Yellow cards: Fabinho 41′, Salah 84′ – Antony 53′, Martinez 61′, McTominay 64′
Referee: Andrew Madley
Stadium: Anfield (Liverpool, England)
Match Highlights
42′. 0:0. No goal, offside. Casemiro heads in from a free-kick by Fernandes but he’s well offside.
43′. 1:0. GOAL! Robertson collects the ball in space on the left, cuts inside on halfway before sliding a wonderful pass to Cody Gakpo in behind, and No.18 cuts inside Varane to bend a brilliant finish into the bottom-right corner. Lovely, lovely stuff.
47′. 2:0. GOAL, Nunez strikes! What a start to the second half for the Reds! Fabinho works the ball right to Salah who passes back to Elliott. Midfielder sweeps it into the middle for Darwin Nunez to head from very close range to the centre of the net.
50′. 3:0. GOAL! A lightning counter-attack sees Gakpo, who send it wide for Salah in the right. The winger beats Martinez with ease before sliding it back to the Netherlands forward, who dinks the ball over De Gea from the tightest of angles of the right side of the six yard box to send The Kop wild!
66′. 4:0. GOAL, Mo Salah 128 goal in the league like Robbie Fowler! The Reds counter-attack at speed and the ball falls to Egyptian winger just inside the penalty box after two pass attempts by Nunez. No.11 firing and the ball hits the underside of the bar and goes in.
75′. 5:0. GOAL, another for Nunez! Alexander-Arnold’s free-kick delivery being cleared as far as Henderson. The Reds skipper stands up a neat crosses from the left, and Nunez finds the top-right corner beyond the De Gea with a deft header.
83′. 6:0. GOAL, RECORD BREAKER! Another for Mo! Elliott has so much space on the right to find No.9 the near post. Firmino is tackled, the United man sees his clearance bounce back off forward into Salah’s path who finishes first-time.
88′. 7:0. GOAL, Firmino gets his goal! Salah is involved as the Reds attack down the right, and the Egyptian cuts inside to slip a lovely ball into Firmino. No.9 slides through De Gea’s legs in a seventh for Liverpool from close range.
Match Stats
| Liverpool | Team | Manchester United |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Shots | 8 |
| 8 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 60% | Possession | 40% |
| 468 | Passes | 314 |
| 77% | Pass accuracy | 71% |
| 13 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 4 |
| 4 | Corners | 3 |
Premier League Table, Matchday 26
| # | Club | Pts | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Form | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 63 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 25 | 34 | L | W | W | W | W |
| 2 | Manchester City | 58 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 25 | 41 | W | W | D | W | W |
| 3 | Manchester United | 49 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 6 | W | D | W | W | L |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 45 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 36 | 10 | W | L | W | W | L |
| 5 | Liverpool | 42 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 28 | 19 | W | W | D | W | W |
Mo Salah 129 goals in Premier League
Mohamed Salah becomes Liverpool’s record Premier League scorer.
No.11 scored his 129th top-flight goal for the Reds, and he moved ahead of Robbie Fowler, who plundered 128 Premier League goals across his two spells at Anfield, with Steven Gerrard 120 goals in third place.
