English Premier League

Man United vs Liverpool 2021-22 English Premier League

  • Red Card 60': Paul Pogba
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0 - 5
  • 5': Naby Keïta
  • 13': Diogo Jota
  • 38': Mohamed Salah
  • 45'+5': Mohamed Salah
  • 50': Mohamed Salah

Liverpool crush Man United at Old Trafford with Mohamed Salah hat trick in five-star show

Mohamed Salah scored a hat trick as Liverpool thrashed Manchester United 5-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Goal! Manchester United 0, Liverpool 1. Naby Keïta (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  • 13': Goal! Manchester United 0, Liverpool 2. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  • 14': VAR Decision: Goal Liverpool - Manchester United 0-2 Liverpool (Diogo Jota).
  • 27': Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces James Milner because of an injury.
  • 38': Goal! Manchester United 0, Liverpool 3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Naby Keïta.
  • 41': Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': Fred (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+5': Goal! Manchester United 0, Liverpool 4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, Manchester United 0, Liverpool 4.
  • 45': Substitution, Manchester United. Paul Pogba replaces Mason Greenwood.
  • 46': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  • 50': Goal! Manchester United 0, Liverpool 5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Henderson with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 55': Harry Maguire (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 60': Paul Pogba (Manchester United) is shown the red card.
  • 62': Substitution, Manchester United. Edinson Cavani replaces Bruno Fernandes.
  • 62': Substitution, Manchester United. Diogo Dalot replaces Marcus Rashford.
  • 63': Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Naby Keïta because of an injury.
  • 76': Substitution, Liverpool. Sadio Mané replaces Roberto Firmino.
  • 86': Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Old Trafford
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 73,088

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+46 Liverpool 35 82 3
+33 Arsenal 35 67 4
+24 Manchester City 35 64 9
+21 Newcastle United 35 63 10
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Statistics

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8 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 1
0 Offsides 7
3 Corner Kicks 6
3 Saves 3
63.2 Possession 36.8
19 SHOTS 12
8 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
651 Accurate Passes 334
731 Passes 409
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 6
9 Crosses 21
0.2 Cross % 0.3
51 Long Balls 46
30 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
6 Blocked Shots 2
7 Effective Tackles 3
11 Tackles 5
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
11 Interceptions 11
19 Effective Clearances 13
19 Clearances 13

Line-Ups

MAN Manchester United (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 David de Gea (GK)
5 Harry Maguire Yellow Card
2 Victor Lindelöf
23 Luke Shaw Yellow Card
29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka Yellow Card
18 Bruno Fernandes Yellow Card
17 Fred Yellow Card
39 Scott McTominay
7 Cristiano Ronaldo Yellow Card
10 Marcus Rashford
11 Mason Greenwood

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
5 Ibrahima Konaté
26 Andrew Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
14 Jordan Henderson
7 James Milner
8 Naby Keïta
9 Roberto Firmino
20 Diogo Jota
11 Mohamed Salah

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