I could cry after sitting with Sir Alex Ferguson for Manchester United's defeat to Liverpool

Former Manchester United shot-stopper Peter Schmeichel was left feeling really sad after watching Sir Alex Ferguson during the Red Devils' disappointing defeat to Liverpool at the weekend.

Arne Slot's side ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at Old Trafford, with Sir Alex watching on powerless as Luis Diaz notched a first-half brace before Mohamed Salah wrapped up proceedings in the second half. United have taken just three points from their opening three games, the 1-0 win over Fulham on the opening day of the campaign.

Erik Ten Hag's side were beaten 2-1 by Brighton in the dying embers of their game at the Amex Stadium last weekend. Defeat to Liverpool means it's back-to-back defeats for Man United, leaving them six points adrift of arch-rivals Man City and Liverpool at the top of the league.

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Schmeichel, who played 338 games for United and won 13 trophies under Ferguson, sat alongside his former boss at Old Trafford at the weekend. The Red Devils have not won a Premier League title since Sir Alex left the Theatre of Dreams in 2013, with Schmeichel left thinking about how far his former side has fallen.

Speaking to Optus Sports, he said: "I've sat with Sir Alex today. It's really sad. I mean what he did for this football club everything that we enjoyed, the great times and everything.

"To sit with him and he's watching this... that for me is really, really sad. He did something really extraordinary with this football club. And all of that is not there anymore. The club changed."

Ten Hag has had a net spend of £400million since taking