Jesse Lingard moment vs Liverpool should shame his Manchester United teammates

Lingard makes his point

There was a point not long after Manchester United had conceded their third goal at Anfield that Jesse Lingard sprinted to close down Joel Matip, Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk as Liverpool tried to build another move from the back.

Eventually, the three managed to play around Lingard, who turned around to see his teammates had abandoned him, lacking the commitment and the energy to follow him in. Lingard's furious reaction told you everything needed to know about what he thought of them.

This is a player who is leaving the club this summer but for his time on the pitch at Anfield he looked like he cared more than the rest of them. It really is that simple.

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Ironically, Lingard is the one player who can have a genuine grievance with the club this season as well. He was denied a loan move in January and has been ignored by the out-of-touch Ralf Rangnick ever since.

Lingard's displays against Norwich and Liverpool are a sign of what this team have been missing for most of the campaign. The 29-year-old isn't always full of quality, but he is full of energy and endeavour. On Tuesday night he shamed some of his teammates.

Defensive duds

You could smell the fear on that United teamsheet when it landed an hour before kick-off at Anfield. Rangnick had avoided using a back three at any point up to this in his tenure, but so sure were this club of what was coming their way they felt damage limitation was their only option.

This wasn't a team picked with the intention of winning this football match, it was a team picked with the sole intention of avoiding embarrassment. They failed on that front as well.

Rangnick had explained how well the back three had