Liverpool moved two points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a dominant 4-0 win over Manchester United at Anfield. The trio of Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane scored the goals, two of them in the first 22 minutes, in an emphatic performance to which United simply had no answer.
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Netherlands coach Louis Van Gaal has urged prospective Manchester United managerial candidate Erik Ten Hag to “choose a football club not a commercial club”. The Ajax boss is the main candidate to replace interim boss Ralf Rangnick at Old Trafford.
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Manchester United will end a fifth successive season without a trophy after bowing out of the Champions League at home to Atletico Madrid. A first half Renan Lodi header put Atleti ahead on the night and Diego Simeone’s men were content to sit deep and frustate United who failed to find an equaliser.
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Manchester City reestablished their 6 point lead over Liverpool with a dominant display in the Manchester Derby dismissing their rivals United 4-1 at the Etihad. Kevin De Bruyne struck early for City who were pegged back by a Jadon Sancho strike however De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez struck again to ensure victory.
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Anthony Elanga says he has “dreamt of moments” like his late equaliser in the the first leg of Manchester United’s Champions League last-16 draw at Atletico Madrid. Joao Felix’s superb header had given Atleti the lead but United dug in and earned a late draw.
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