Manchester United were slaughtered by Liverpool in the postponed match of the 30th week of the Premier League. The Red Devils lost four goals without reply at Anfield Stadium, Wednesday (20/4/2022) early morning WIB.
Luis Diaz and Mohammed Salah scored four of Liverpool's goals in the first half. Two more goals came in the second half through Sadio Mane and again by Salah.
In this match, Manchester United did not have Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portugal star is in mourning after his newborn son died on Monday, April 18.
As a result of the defeat, Man Utd dropped to sixth in the standings with 54 points, three points behind Tottenham Hospur who are in fourth place. While Liverpool rose to the top of the standings with 76 points, two points ahead of Manchester City who dropped to second place.
After the crushing defeat to Liverpool, Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick claimed as many as 10 new players could be brought to Old Trafford. That will happen during the 2022 summer transfer window.
Rangnick's claim could be true. Because, a number of players will leave the 20-times Premier League champions on a free transfer at the end of this season.
Edinson Cavani, Jesse Lingard and Paul Pogba are a number of Manchester United players whose contracts will expire. In addition, there are Juan Mata, Tahith Chong, and Lee Grant.