Salah again on song as United are humiliated at Old Trafford
MOHAMED Salah scored a hat-trick as Manchester United were ripped apart by Liverpool yesterday teatime to leave Ole Gunnar Solskjaer under the most intense scrutiny of his near three years in charge.
The 202nd meeting of two of English football’s biggest rivals will live long in the memory after Jurgen Klopp’s men ran amok and recorded the club’s biggest ever win at Old Trafford.
Salah’s treble complemented early goals from Naby Keita and Diogo Jota in a 5-0 rout in which substitute Paul Pogba was sent off.
Sir Alex Ferguson was seen shaking his head in disbelief after the fifth goal.
Also yesterday, Michail Antonio scored the only goal at the London Stadium to give West Ham victory over Tottenham, and Leicester won 2-1 at Brentford thanks to a long-distance strike from Youri Tielemans and James Madison’s first of the season. Mathias Jorgensen replied.
On Saturday, Mason Mount hit a hat-trick as Chelsea hammered 10-man Norwich 7-0 to cement top spot in the Premier League.
Chelsea youth products Mount, Callum Hudson-odoi and Reece James set the tone with first-half goals as the Blues ran riot.
England left-back Ben Chilwell then drilled in, Max Aarons put through his own net and the Canaries had Ben Gibson sent off for two yellow cards.
Mount converted an 85th-minute penalty at the second attempt, failing with his first effort, only to be reprieved as Tim Krul moved prematurely off his line. And, right at the last, England star Mount tapped home from Ruben Loftus-cheek’s cross.
Newcastle claimed their first point under new ownership as caretaker manager Graeme Jones led them to a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Christian Benteke gave Palace the lead in the 56th minute, but a spectacular overhead kick from Callum Wilson nine minutes later drew Newcastle level.
Watford engineered a stunning late turnaround to claim a 5-2 victory over Everton at Goodison Park.
Richarlison looked like he might have marked his return from injury with the winner after putting the Toffees back ahead in the 63rd minute, Josh King having previously cancelled out Tom Davies’s very early opener.
But Juraj Kucka equalised in the 78th minute to kick off a remarkable end to the game for the visitors.
King struck again against his former club two minutes later and then completed his hat-trick in the 86th minute before Emmanuel Dennis added a fifth in injury time.
Maxwel Cornet scored twice more for Burnley but they were left still searching for a first league win of the season after drawing 2-2 with Southampton.
Tino Livramento equalised in the 41st minute before Armando Broja put them ahead five minutes after the break.
But Cornet needed only seven minutes to level with his third goal in four Premier League games for the Clarets.
Leeds salvaged a late point at Wolves thanks to Rodrigo’s injury-time penalty.
Wolves thought they had secured a fourth straight victory thanks to Hwang Hee-chan’s 10th-minute opener, but Joe Gelhardt was fouled late on and Leeds earned a 1-1 draw.