Man Utd given brutal player ratings after 4-0 Liverpool loss

Who said Liverpool vs Manchester United games were boring in the modern era? Because the last few have served up absolute crackers.

It was boxing office viewing last night so long as you weren’t a fan of the Red Devils.

If you are, well, commiserations – that’s just part and parcel of being a football fan, we’ve all been there.

It’s so incredibly frustrating having to watch your team put in such a dismal performance, lacking any real bite or belief to their game, and over at the Manchester Evening News they certainly felt that gripe.

The news outlet produce their very own match ratings off the back of every Manchester United and Manchester City game, which includes a brief description of each individual players’ performance and they did not hold back following the Anfield stuffing.

David de Gea- 4

Aaron wan-Bissaka- 2 Victor Lindelof- 2Harry Maguire- 1Phil Jones- 3Diogo Dalot- 2

Nemanja Matic- 3 Paul Pogba- 0 Bruno Fernandes- 2Anthony Elanga- 2

Marcus Rashford- 2

SUBS: Jesse Lingard- 4Jadon Sancho- 6 Hannibal Mejbri- 5

A damning verdict then from the local newspaper and one that was shared by the entire punditry team during their post-match analysis.

Roy Keane was as outspoken as ever in his scathing criticism and opted to single out three individuals in particular that he felt let Man Utd down on the night.

Harry Maguire, who has struggled since the European Championship, came under-fire once more for his role in Mohamed Salah’s second goal. “We’ve heard it so many times this season, so many times,” Keane said angrily.

“They haven’t got that team spirit that you need. We talk about having all the talent, Man United is well short on talent anyway, we’ve been saying for the last few months ‘well they’re talented…’