Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez scored twice apiece as Liverpool routed Manchester United 7-0 in an extroardinary game at Anfield, boosting their top-four hopes and quieting talk of the Red Devils making a title charge.
Gakpo opened the scoring at the end of a frenetic first half, curling the ball home after Andy Robertson produced a defence-splitting pass.
Ad It had been fairly even up to that point, but Liverpool took the game in a crazy five minutes after the break. First Nunez headed in from close range before Gakpo linked up with Salah and beat David de Gea with a deft chip.
Premier LeagueConfident Ferdinand laughs off nerves ahead of Man Utd's trip to LiverpoolYESTERDAY AT 12:27 Salah grabbed the fourth, emphatically smashing a bouncing ball into the roof of the net, and that took him level with Robbie Fowler on a club-record 128 Premier League goals for Liverpool.