These are not the best of times for Manchester United as they are simply falling apart like a pack of cards.
On Sunday at the Old Trafford, Mo Salah shone like a million stars; netting a hat-trick in Liverpool’s 5-0 demolition of Manchester United
This latest defeat is United’s third Premier League defeat in four games as the pressure on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has now reached a climax.
Naby Keita set the ball rolling as he opened the scoring inside five minutes into the contest.
Diogo Jota doubled the lead for the Reds before Salah took centre stage, scoring three times to overtake Didier Drogba as the all-time highest-scoring African in the EPL.
United’s miserable outing was compounded when Paul Pogba who came on as a half-time substitute was sent off for a rough tackle on Keita.
The Red Devils thought they had pulled one back through Cristiano Ronaldo’s low finish but his effort was chalked off for offside by the VAR.
Earlier in the day, two Super Eagles players, Frank Onyeka and Kelechi Iheanacho were in action at the Brentford Community Stadium as Brentford played host to Leicester City.
While Iheanacho was on for 90 minutes, his compatriot played for 76 minutes before he was substituted
At the end, it was the Foxes that claimed the maximum points as they recorded a 2-1 win over the Bees.
Leicester took the lead l in the 13th minute, with a headed clearance falling to YouriTielemans who lashed it home from 25 yards
Mathias Jorgensen drew Brentford level on the hour but Tielemans then helped tee up James Maddison’s first goal since February.
Since April Leicester City have not won back-to-back Premier League matches, but they did so on Sunday.
In the London derby between West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur, it was the Hammers who prevailed 1-0.
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