Liverpool 7-0 Man Utd: Liverpool humiliated Manchester United at Anfield
Liverpool's 7-0 win was a monument to the return of all the qualities that have driven success under manager Jurgen Klopp. Those same statistics piled up like rubble at the feet of a Manchester United side that crumbled.
The biggest beating in the history of this famous fixture, the 7-0 scoreline equalling the heaviest defeat inflicted on United; Liverpool scored six goals in a truly remarkable 45 minutes in front of the Kop.
Joy for Liverpool. Pain for Manchester United.
United lost by the same margin to Blackburn Rovers in 1926, Aston Villa in 1930 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1931.
None of those will be mentioned in the same breath as this genuinely great game because of who inflicted it and where.
This is why this win was celebrated so wildly by Liverpool's baying fans. This is why Manchester United will be so severely wounded.
This will be a day that will be remembered forever by everyone who witnessed it at Anfield - even those United supporters who will try to blank it from their memory but will find it impossible - and far beyond.
Liverpool has been scratching for the old certainties this season. The intensity. The passion.Cruelty. The controlled fury.
Unfortunately for United, it all came flooding back in a game that will go down in history. It certainly put the Red Devils' renaissance, shown by the EFL Cup win against Newcastle United at Wembley, on temporary hold.
Mohamed Salah's two goals made him Liverpool's record Premier League scorer with 129, overtaking Robbie Fowler despite playing 61 fewer games.
Salah's record shows the seismic impact he has had from pretty much the first day he arrived at Liverpool from Roma in June 2017 - and yet here he also took his place in what Klopp is building for the future.
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