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Liverpool inflicted a historic hammering on Manchester United as Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday, leaving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clinging to his job.<\/p>\n

For the first time in Premier League history, United trailed 4-0 at half-time and failed to score in a hopelessly one-sided contest. The Red Devils have now taken a run of one point from a possible 12 in the league.<\/p>\n

Naby Keita started the rout before Diogo Jota doubled Liverpool\u2019s lead inside 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Salah then took centre stage to take his tally for the season to 15 goals in 12 appearances and become the top-scoring African player in Premier League history in the process.<\/p>\n

To round off a miserable day for United, Paul Pogba lasted less than 15 minutes as a second-half substitute as he was shown a straight red card for a reckless lunge that forced Keita to leave the pitch on a stretcher.<\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s first victory in front of a crowd at Old Trafford under Jurgen Klopp moves them back above Manchester City into second, just a point behind leaders Chelsea.<\/p>\n

By contrast, United\u2019s hopes of a first league title since 2013 already look over as they remain eight points off the leaders.<\/p>\n

That gap is likely to grow in the coming weeks with Tottenham and City to come in the next fortnight before an international break.<\/p>\n

Whether Solskjaer will still be in charge come November is now in serious doubt as he has completely failed to form a balanced team from a talented collection of star players.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian will wonder what might have been had Bruno Fernandes not fired over a glorious chance to open the scoring on three minutes.<\/p>\n

But soon the defensive cracks that have blighted United\u2019s season began to appear.<\/p>\n

Salah teed up Keita to open the floodgates after just five minutes with a composed low finish past David de Gea.<\/p>\n

United came from 2-0 down at the break to beat Atalanta 3-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday.<\/p>

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But former midfielder Paul Scholes\u2019 warning after that match that Liverpool would be 4-0 up in 45 minutes if handed the same space to attack into came to fruition.<\/p>\n

Jota justified his selection ahead of Sadio Mane as he stretched to turn in Trent Alexander-Arnold\u2019s cross to double Liverpool\u2019s advantage.<\/p>\n

Salah has now scored in 10 consecutive games and overtook Didier Drogba with his 105th Premier League goal when the Egyptian turned home Keita\u2019s cut-back with the United defence all at sea.<\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo was lucky to avoid a red card as United\u2019s frustrations bubbled over in first-half stoppage time when he was booked for lashing out at Curtis Jones in a sign of what was to come as the home side lost their discipline.<\/p>\n

Liverpool inflicted further punishment before the break when Salah smashed home his 14th goal in 12 games this season at De Gea\u2019s near post.<\/p>\n

Salah then completed his hat-trick with another cool finish five minutes into the second-half after Jordan Henderson\u2019s pass dissected the United defence once more.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo thought he had pulled a goal back only for a VAR review to catch him in an offside position.<\/p>\n

Another VAR check saw the end of Pogba\u2019s brief cameo for a horrendous studs-up challenge on Keita that forced the Guinean off.<\/p>\n

Solskjaer sacrificed Fernandes and Marcus Rashford to try and stop the bleeding as Old Trafford emptied during the final half hour.<\/p>\n

De Gea ensured Liverpool failed to match their record margin of victory against United with an incredible save from Alexander-Arnold\u2019s drive.<\/p>\n

However, that did not subdue the mood among the travelling fans as they mockingly chanted for Solskjaer to remain in his job.<\/p>\n

AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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