Liverpool's 25-pass goal vs. Man United: Breaking down move that led to Sadio Mane's sublime assist for Mohamed Salah

Liverpool went top of the Premier League for the first time since September after dishing out an irrepressible 4-0 drubbing of Manchester United at Anfield on Tuesday.

The Reds are now unbeaten in 13 league games as they compete in the title race with Manchester City, over whom they took a two-point lead ahead of the reigning champions' game in hand against Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday.

United arrived at Anfield mired in inconsistency, having won just twice in their last nine outings, and things took a downward turn pretty quickly for them when Luis Diaz opened the scoring for the hosts after just five minutes.

Having provided the assist for Diaz's tap-in to capitalise on some porous United defending, Salah then doubled Liverpool's lead in the 26th minute by putting the finishing touches to a gorgeous flowing team move that incorporated 25 slick passes exchanged effortlessly between 10 Liverpool players (including goalkeeper Alisson) over the course of a mesmerising minute or so.

Indeed, centre-back Virgil van Dijk was the only player to not be directly involved in the passage of play that led up to the scoring of a goal that encapsulated the gulf in quality between these two great rivals right now. Here we break down the play, pass by pass.

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1. The move began with Diaz intercepting a defensive headed clearance from Victor Lindelof, one of three Manchester United centre-backs that interim coach Ralf Rangnick started this game with in the hope of repelling Liverpool's attacking threat. Diaz then moved out toward the left touchline and fed a simple ball infield to the feet of