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Liverpool brought Manchester United's bandwagon to a shuddering halt as Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice in a record 7-0 hammering of their arch-rivals to boost their Premier League top-four hopes at Anfield on Sunday.

A week after a resurgent United claimed their first trophy since 2017 by winning the League Cup and amid talk of a late title push they were blown away either side of halftime as Liverpool recorded their biggest ever victory in the fixture.

Third-placed United had looked marginally the better side for 43 minutes but it turned into an Anfield horror show for Erik ten Hag's side as they suffered the club's worst defeat since a 7-0 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1931.

Gakpo's superb finish from Liverpool's first attempt on target gave the hosts the halftime lead.

Within five minutes of the restart it was over as a contest with Nunez's header making it 2-0 after some comical defending allowed Harvey Elliott to cross and a lightning counter-attack led by Salah ended with Gakpo finishing in style for 3-0.

Sportsmail's DOMINIC KING takes a look at some of things you may have missed. 

Jose Mourinhyo's final press conference as Manchester United manager was in Anfield’s press auditorium after his side had been whacked.

One of the abiding memories is how he waxed lyrical about Andrew Robertson, running up and down the left flank like an Olympic sprinter. 

That was December 2018, when he was still climbing the ladder and fighting to cement his reputation.

Here in March 2023, you saw Robertson tear United to pieces once again and this, arguably, was his finest performance for Liverpool. 

His movement and subsequent demand for Alisson to pass to him in the 43rd minute changed the course of this contest.

Robertson’s assist for Cody Gakpo’s opener was his ninth of the campaign, more than any

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