Liverpool star Mohamed Salah twisted and turned Lisandro Martinez inside out for the Reds’ third goal in their demolishing of Manchester United on Sunday. The Egyptian’s give-and-go with Cody Gakpo ensured that the Dutchman got his second goal of the game to send Anfield into raptures.
The cheeky finish came after Salah had gotten one-versus-one against the Argentine and had left him on the floor before finding Gakpo in space to score.
Fans couldn’t believe how Salah managed to rinse Martinez and sit him on the floor before Liverpool’s third as thousands took to social media to mock the United defender. One fan @lfc_allting wrote on Twitter: “Martinez career was finished by Mo Salah right there!”
@Kloppholic said: “Salah absolutely violating Martinez.” @zubinofficial added: “No this isn’t edited Salah cooked Martinez and flipped him like an omelette.”
Then to make matters worse for the visiting side, Salah got on the end of a loose ball and struck a fourth goal past David De Gea with a powerful effort that the Spaniard had little chance of stopping.
The in-form United side were shellshocked after Gakpo had put Liverpool into the lead during the first half after an exceptional pass by Andrew Robertson, then Darwin Nunez doubled the lead shortly after half-time.
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Gary Neville, on commentary with Carragher, added: “These Manchester United players, they’ve earned a lot of plaudits over the last few weeks and rightly so. For 42, 43 minutes here I thought the performance was really good but I did say it was the ultimate test, and it can all fall apart around you and it has done.
“That back four have made mistakes for those three goals, they’ve all been involved in it, and the game’s run away from them in five minutes.”
Nunez then got a second header of the game as his brace saw Liverpool claim their fifth goal before Salah got his second and Roberto Firmino made it seven on a disastrous day for United.
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