Manchester United Hall of Shame Against Liverpool

It was a total disaster for Manchester United as they experienced a shameful defeat against Liverpool football club on the first day of September 2024. Both clubs have had a 242 Head-to-Head meeting, with Manchester winning 91 and Liverpool 81 and with a 72 draws as at yesterday before the derby.

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Luiz Diaz struck after Casemiro gave the ball away easily to Gravenberch who threads it to Salah on the right wing. The Egyptian crossed it onto the far-post to an un-marked Luiz Diaz who heads it into the net in style in the 35th minute of the game. Diaz doubled the lead for Liverpool again with same Mo Salah who made a clinical pass from the right wing to the Colombian, who got away from his marker, Martinez and makes a pin-point one-touch finish in the bottom-right corner. Surely the Reds were on top of the game and it was a lead of 2 nil at half time.

In the 56th minute, Salah got another goal to make it 3 nil for Liverpool after the ball was given easily away by Mainoo. United’s defence line was poorly organized and so the goal was conceded.

Match Statistics

Attacks: A total of 113 attacks were launched by the Red Devils while Liverpool had 114 launched. Out of this, United had 62 dangerous attacks and Liverpool 59.

Total Passes: Manchester United 370, Liverpool 368.

Cards: Joshua Zirkzee in the 23rd minute received a yellow for pulling Salah’s shirt in front of the ref, Lisandro Martinez went into booking in the 40th minute for a rash challenge, Mainoo on the 46th minute got one for pushing Gravenberch from behind. Also Van Dijk in 55th got a yellow card, the only booking for Liverpool, and De Ligt in the 65th minute for a reckless tackle on Luiz Diaz. Summing the total cards shown in the match to five.

Corner Kicks: Manchester United had 5, while Liverpool 2 corners.

Saves: Allison recorded a clean sheet in the match with 3 saves, while Andre Onana conceded 3 goals with no saves made by the Cameroonian.

Ball Possession: United got a better possession of the ball with 53%, and Liverpool had 47% of the ball.

Shots: 3 shots on goal for Man United and 5 were off target. Liverpool 3 shots on goal and 8 were off target.

Freekicks: Liverpool had 7 freekicks while Man United won 8.

Goal Attempts: Liverpool 11 while Man United had 8 but could not convert any to a goal.

The statistics shows that the game was a competitive one but Liverpool emerged the better side as they were able to avoid mistakes and used most of the chances to get 3 goals and capitalize and punish Manchester United for their blunders and silly mistakes.

After a shameful home defeat to Liverpool, big questions are all over the football world. Sports analysts, die hard football fans, and investors are beginning to poise so many rhetorics as regards the future of Ten Hag and his boys.

Can the Dutch-man keep up with his position as the manager of United?

Is the management willing to let go of under-performing players, who remain flops with little or negative impact in the team?

Is United management ready to use the little remaining transfer market period to land world class talents who are hungry to deliver on the field of play? Or they’ll choose to cross legs, sit and fold arms and watch the glory days of Manchester United go down the drain?

Only drastic decisions that will amount to positive changes is the answer!