Liverpool thrash United and Anfield pays tribute to Cristiano

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The first disciple of the German school of pressure after loss, Jürgen Klopp, faced the teacher Ralf Rangnick, self-proclaimed inventor of

.

The event, seasoned with folk and media notes, took place within the framework of Liverpool-Manchester United.

The old English classic was registered in the middle of the battle for the Premier, when there are six days left for the conclusion.

The game and the result comfortably favored Klopp (4-0).

Liverpool rose to the provisional lead with 76 points, two more than Manchester City in the absence of Guardiola's team deciding their match this Wednesday against Brighton.

The meeting also served for Anfield to pay tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo, absent from the clash due to the recent death of a son.

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Alisson, Virgil Van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Matip, A. Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho (Milner, min. 85), Thiago (Naby Keita, min. 79), Luis Díaz (Diogo Jota, min. 69), Mane and Salah

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De Gea, Harry Maguire, Jones (Jadon Sancho, min. 45), Nilsson-Lindelöf, Pogba (Jesse Lingard, min. 9), Diogo Dalot, Wan-Bissaka, Matic, Anthony Elanga (Hannibal Mejbri, min. 83), Rashford and Bruno Fernandes

Goals

1-0 min.

4: Luis Diaz.

2-0 min.

21: Salah.

3-0 min.

67: Man.

4-0 min.

84: Salah.

Referee

Martin Atkinson

Yellow cards Naby Keita (min. 84), Hannibal Mejbri (min. 87) and Bruno Fernandes (min. 88)

"It's been humiliating," Rangnick confessed after the match.

"But we are not for more."

The win caused a wave of indignation among United fans and veterans, who are resigned to losing access to the four places in the Champions League, now occupied by Liverpool, City, Chelsea and Tottenham, with the plug that Arsenal represents in fifth position, level on points with United but with two fewer games played.

"This is not the club I played for!" Roy Keane protested on Sky.

“This team has nothing to offer!” Gary Neville complained.

United's problem, contrary to what Kane believes, is that it is still the same club as it was 30 years ago.

Football continued its course, hand in hand with Spanish and German trends, and United remained anchored in the 90s. Its sports policy denounces it.

The contrast has been reflected regularly in all orders of the competition.

The duel that measured the teams with the most fans in the British Isles at Anfield, this Tuesday, was no exception.

United broke down to the happy rhythm that Liverpool dictated.

The operation was painless and quick.

Three minutes into the game Paul Pogba was limping.

The midfielder's injury shattered Rangnick's plan, which had based his entire tactic on aggressive man marking.

Pogba had to cover Thiago Alcántara.

Without a watchman to chase him,

Released by the limp of his opponent partner, Thiago helped Alisson out from the goal and the play progressed to the midfield in full confusion of the visiting defense, which after trying to go up to reduce spaces, was misaligned with each rival pass.

Matic was unable to cover Henderson, and from the combination of the midfielder with Alexander Arnold the ball fell at the feet of Sadio Mané.

These days, a ball held by the Senegalese becomes a devastating weapon.

If you are given two seconds to think, the effects are instant.

It was what Maguire allowed him, who instead of going determined to hit him, stayed halfway, weighed down by doubts as well as by his tractor body.

Behind him an abyss opened.

That's where Mané threw the ball, and that's where Salah ran, who went alone and crossed for the tireless Luis Díaz to define first.

It was lightning.

Within five minutes United was on the canvas.

Tribute to Cristiano at Anfield

After seven minutes of action, the 50,000 fans who filled Anfield stood up to pay tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portuguese had missed the match after announcing that the child his wife was expecting had died.

The fans sang "

in an unofficial but very solemn act.

Cristiano, the archrival, will never forget this spontaneous display of affection.

The game soon turned into a long, hopeless pilgrimage for United, who are fighting hopelessly for a place in the Champions League.

From the sixth position in the table, the four golden seats seem increasingly inaccessible amid rumors of revolution.

The last one rose like foam at Old Trafford, sheltered from media of all kinds in the previous week.

They noted that the club had reached an agreement with Dutchman Erik ten Hag, the Ajax coach, to take over the bench in July.

After a decade of abortive transition, England's most traditionalist club finally seems determined to make a move that its millions of fans have resisted, internal polls reveal.

Meanwhile, the template disintegrates.

Cristiano, Pogba, and Maguire himself,

United had fallen back on their field, overwhelmed by their own reality more than by the 1-0, when Van Dijk, Henderson and Mané triangulated with one touch.

Mané gave the last one, a subtle contact loaded with messages that guided Salah towards depth and left him alone in front of De Gea.

The Egyptian pushed the 2-0 and United said goodbye to the points before heading to the locker room.

Mané, wasting class, and Salah, with a pass from Jota, made it 3-0 and 4-0.

Counting the first leg at Old Trafford, Liverpool's goals against United rose to nine this term.

The figure had not been produced since the 1895-96 league.

Data from a time, which Guardiola would say, prehistoric.

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