Man United vs Liverpool

Bruno Fernandes came under the spotlight following his performance in Manchester United's 7-0 defeat at Liverpool.

[Jurgen Klopp's](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/jurgen-klopp) side were ruthless against their rivals and as the scoreline increased, so did the visitors' frustration with Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez and others involved in flashpoints. However, Fernandes was having none of it after the [Liverpool ](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc)defender passed the ball back, pushing aside Mr Nunn. You do not raise your hands, in any shape or form, to an official.” He just brushed him out of his road.” Action will only be taken if it is deemed that the match officials missed a clear sending-off. [Reds ](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc)were rampant in the second half at Anfield yesterday, inflicting the Red Devils' worst defeat in Premier League history as the front three of [Mohamed Salah](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/mohamed-salah), [Cody Gakpo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/cody-gakpo) and [Darwin Nunez](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/darwin-nunez) netted a brace each with [Roberto Firmino ](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/roberto-firmino)adding to the rout late on. [Liverpool just beat Man United to transfer that makes 7-0 destruction even worse](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-just-beat-man-united-26393327) [Rio Ferdinand prediction backfires spectacularly after Liverpool eviscerate Man United](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rio-ferdinand-prediction-backfires-spectacularly-26394858) ['I'll go in hard' - Roy Keane gives brutal verdict on Man United after Liverpool win](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/roy-keane-liverpool-man-united-26394889) [What TV cameras caught Sir Alex Ferguson doing at Anfield as Liverpool destroy Man United](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/what-tv-cameras-caught-sir-26395070) [What Liverpool did to beat Man United to Cody Gakpo as inside story of £40m transfer emerges](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cody-gakpo-liverpool-man-united-25870650) Speaking on talkSPORT earlier today, pundit Simon Jordan called for Fernandes to be punished. [Trent Alexander-Arnold](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/trent-alexander-arnold) in front of the Kop before the pair exchanged words with the touchline official stepping in a bid to cool the tension. Recently, the FA wrote to clubs to remind them of their responsibilities in relation to the behaviour of their players and staff. [Liverpool blow Man United away as Erik ten Hag fumes in moment TV cameras didn't show](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/liverpool-man-united-ten-hag-26393343) [Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-bruno-fernandes-fa-investigation-29385127), who has reported that the Portugal international will not face retrospective action from the governing body after appearing to make contact with the back of assistant referee Adam Nunn.

Cody Gakpo scored the opening goal for Liverpool in their 7-0 win over Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday.

Darwin Nunez scored with a header in the 47th minute, before Gakpo grabbed his second goal of the clash with a smart finish from an acute angle. Urguugyan striker Nunez got on the scoresheet once more, with Mohamed Salah also bagging a brace. As a result, it became much easier for Andy Robertson to put his teammate in on goal with an accurate through-ball. Come on Manchester United the second half is yours," he wrote on Twitter. He added in a comment: "Fred doesn't need to push too much to Gakpo. Ten Hag's men gave a decent account of themselves during an even first period and were somewhat unfortunate not to be ahead in the Premier League clash.

Manchester United were dealt a hammer blow at Liverpool as they shipped seven in a record defeat with Erik ten Hag now having to rally his players ahead of ...

[Gianluigi Buffon](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/gianluigi-donnarumma). [Manchester United](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-united-fc) right-back [Neville](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/gary-neville) endured a miserable Sunday afternoon as he was on co-commentary duty for one of the most humiliating performances in recent Red Devils history. Thanks to [Rashford's sweetly struck penalty in injury time](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/psg-1-3-man-utd-14098240), then-interim boss Solskjaer got the job on permanent basis and a new era dawned at Old Trafford - only for it to be another false one. It is their heaviest ever defeat and means any faint hopes they had of challenging for the title are all but over. Shaw has insisted United will do the former, with a devastating "debrief" pencilled in for Monday. [thrashed 7-0 by Jurgen Klopp's side](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-man-utd-goals-highlights-29379245) at Anfield. From United's perspective, [Ten Hag](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/erik-ten-hag) will be desperate to ensure this result does not do significant damage to United's season and derail their unlikely title charge. [The Glazers](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/joel-glazer) are exploring outside investment or a full sale of the club they bought 18 years ago. Speaking after the game on Sunday, he told Premier League Productions: "Weghorst is in the team to be a defender, really. Braces from Mohamed Salah, [Cody Gakpo](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/cody-gakpo) and Darwin Nunez - plus Roberto Firmino's late strike - completed a sensational victory for the hosts. And the FA have confirmed that no action will be taken because the incident WAS spotted by referee Andy Madley and his team, who decided not to include it in their report. United boss Erik ten Hag classed his team's performance as "unprofessional" after they conceded six goals during the second half.

As if Sunday's capitulation on Merseyside wasn't bad enough, Manchester United have also taken a battering in the European press the morning after their 7-0 ...

[Cody Gakpo](/sport/cody-gakpo/index.html)'s opener ensured the Reds went in at the break one goal to the good, before Darwin Nunez doubled their advantage two minutes into the second half. [United collapsed in dramatic fashion on their latest trip to Anfield](/sport/football/article-11823371/Liverpool-7-0-Manchester-United-Erik-ten-Hags-ripped-SHREDS-Anfield.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490), conceding six goals after the break as Jurgen Klopp's side ran riot in an astonishing 45 minutes. The Reds ran riot in a sensational second half, scoring six goals after the half-time break Man United slumped to the joint-heaviest defeat in their history against Liverpool on Sunday [Manchester United](/sport/teampages/manchester-united.html) have also taken a battering in the European press the morning after their 7-0 defeat against [Liverpool](/sport/teampages/liverpool.html). - United slumped to the joint-heaviest defeat in their history on Sunday night

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw apologised for the club's "completely unacceptable" and "disgraceful" 7-0 loss at Liverpool.

We have to trust the process and stick together. The result is the result, and we can’t see past that! We have to trust the process and stick together.”

CHRIS WHEELER: Just like at Liverpool on Sunday, it felt as though Brentford would score every time they got over the halfway line as they raced into a 4-0 ...

Any thoughts that they are even close to the finished product were ruthlessly blown away at Anfield. Many inside the club were uncomfortable with the growing levels of expectation. Questions will be asked of the players again, and rightly so, but the manager is unlikely to face quite the same scrutiny. To write this off as a freak result that has effectively ended United’s faint title hopes but nothing more than that. Looking further ahead, it may actually work to Ten Hag’s advantage. United fans who witnessed the second-half horror show on Merseyside are unlikely to disagree.

Leon Osman and Glenn Hoddle perform a post mortem on Manchester United's gobsmacking battering at Anfield, breaking down how Erik ten Hag's men conceded ...

'Full hairdryer treatment': Man Utd boss' brutal spray after record rout as ice-cold move revealed.

‘It was the full hairdryer treatment. “Our insider said: ‘Ten Hag was livid. “We have a duty to this club, a responsibility to represent the badge, but we have many opportunities to look ahead, many games coming fast and we have to lock our focus on these.” [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12827268/how-erik-ten-hag-gave-manchester-united-dressing-down-after-liverpool-humiliation-at-anfield): “The message he shared to the squad was peppered with more colourful language that can’t be repeated, which translated to “a disgrace.”” [The Mirror ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ten-hag-man-utd-punishment-29386415)wrote: “A United source said: ‘Ten Hag was obviously furious and told them they were lucky to be getting on the team bus back to Old Trafford and not made to travel back with the fans. After the game he was straight down the tunnel, and as soon as the players got into the changing room he ripped into them. [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21609643/erik-ten-hag-man-utd-hairdryer/), Ten Hag was understandably “the angriest he’s ever been”.

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has made clear what he expects to see from Red Devils players as they look to bounce back from the disastrous defeat ...

[HAVE YOUR SAY!](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-man-utd-ferdinand-tenhag-29388879#comments-wrapper) Is Ferdinand's review of the defeat fair? He went on to discuss the manner of the defeat, adding: "It was a really bad performance and the worst of the year. [Erik ten Hag's](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/erik-ten-hag) side suffered their heaviest defeat of the [Premier League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/premier-league) era. You have to do your jobs and we didn't." "That was tough and we really have to thank them [the fans]," the Dutchman explained. All of you, sit there and let that feeling sink in about how embarrassing and how bad it feels." "We’ve been pulverised," the ex-England ace conceded. "It's all about showing discipline and we didn't, so that's when you start conceding goals. "I can't blame them for leaving because it was a really bad performance. Comment [below](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-man-utd-ferdinand-tenhag-29388879#comments-wrapper). [Rio Ferdinand](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/rio-ferdinand) has issued a scathing assessment of [Sunday's 7-0 humiliation](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/liverpool-man-utd-goals-highlights-29378558) at the hands of [Liverpool](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc) and admitted it was "a massacre". The players will be feeling embarrassed.

Liverpool's 7-0 hammering of Manchester United in the Premier League broke a number of records for both sides.

For comparison, Salah has ten in 11. As a bonus fact, Liverpool became the first team in the history of the Premier League to score seven without one of those coming in the first 30 minutes. This was the fourth consecutive trip to Anfield in which United failed to find the back of the net. United conceded six of the seven goals in the second half, setting a new unwanted record in the process. Mohamed Salah took his Premier League tally to 129 goals with his second against United, become Liverpool's record scorer in the history of the competition. Man Utd's heaviest defeat in the Premier League era

Erik ten Hag has given an insight into the Manchester United dressing room after their 7-0 humiliation against Liverpool.The Carabao Cup winners were.

In the second half, we did not have a winning attitude at all.” This team is strong enough to go, reset itself, and we will bounce back. “We will bounce back.

Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice as Liverpool shrugged off a season of frustration to thrash Manchester United 7-0 at Anfield on ...