Liverpool vs Manchester United 7-0 Highlights 05/03/2022

Match Report

First-Half

Liverpool with crushing 7-0 win over Manchester United in the biggest football derby in English Football. Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, and Cody Gakpo with braces, and Roberto Fiminho scored the 7th goal at Anfield in Sunday’s Premier League clash.

Jurgen Klopp’s team started with the preferred formation of 4-3-3 with Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, and David Nunes as forwards in this match. On the other side, Erik ten Hag chooses the formation 4-2-3-1 with Marcus Rashford to lead the United’s attack.

The first half started with fouls of Bruno Fernandes, and Casiemro (both Man Utd.). Anthony Martial left footed shot from outside the box was saved by Liverpool’s keeper Allison in the 9th minute. The first goal chance for Liverpool come into the 14 minutes when Mohamed Salah left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left of David de Gea’s goal.

The first goal of the match came into the 43′ by Cody Gakpo assisted by A. Robertson. Gakpo scored with a right-footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.

This first half of the highly anticipated derby was contested and very close, Liverpool held the ball possession with 59 %, and United have more shots on target 3.

This half ended with the score Liverpool 1- Man U 0, and nothing foreshadowed what disaster lies ahead for manchester united in the second half of the match.