Man United 0-3 Liverpool player ratings: Reds find the new ‘Vieira’ as Casemiro makes critical errors

Man United 0-3 Liverpool player ratings: Reds find the new ‘Vieira’ as Casemiro makes critical errors

Liverpool crushed their opponents 3-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday by taking advantage of some terrible errors made by Manchester United.

Luis Diaz’s goals, both of which were assisted by Mohamed Salah, gave the Reds a 2-0 lead after Casemiro gave away two unnecessary goals in the span of seven first-half minutes.

Even though Casemiro was replaced at halftime, Liverpool was still able to score thanks to errors made by Kobbie Mainoo, who lost the ball and set up Dominik Szoboszlai, who then set up Salah for his own goal.

In actuality, Man United’s situation could have been far worse due to more errors and wasted Liverpool opportunities, and even at this early point, Erik ten Hag appears to be a man under pressure. Arne Slot, his counterpart and opposite number

Andre Onana – 5/10 – Conceded three goals and made zero saves, although he can’t really be blamed for United’s collapse.

Noussair Mazraoui – 6/10 – One of a very small handful of United players who can leave the game with some pride. Provided plenty of energy up and down the right flank for the Red Devils and kept to his task.

Matthijs de Ligt – 5/10 – Started off well with some big blocks and tackles but looked jaded as the game went on, especially when Liverpool pulled away. Booked for a crunching late tackle on Diaz just after the hour mark and was brought off shortly after.

Lisandro Martinez – 4/10 – Attempted a ridiculous overhead kick in the second half that would have been a contender for the greatest Premier League goal of all time. Looked lost at the other end and was almost punished for giving the ball away immediately from kick-off after the third goal.

Diogo Dalot – 5/10 – Caught out of position a few times on Liverpool attacks but still made some important interventions to stop it from getting any worse.

Casemiro – 1/10 – Two mistakes in seven minutes effectively ended the tie. More worryingly, the Brazilian seemed to hide from the ball in the final minutes of the first half before being replaced at the break by rookie Collyer.

Kobbie Mainoo – 4/10 – Spent large spells looking like an oasis of calm in a desert of Man Utd madness, until he came down with a case of the Casemiros for the third goal.

Alejandro Garnacho – 3/10 – Ten Hag was booed by the Man Utd supporters for his decision to bring Garncho off but in reality, the Argentine offered very little to the game. Created just one chance, had zero shots and was unsuccessful with all three attempted dribbles.

Bruno Fernandes – 4/10 – No shots on target. No chances created. A total passenger.

Marcus Rashford – 7/10 – Still no shots attempted this season, which is worrying. However, Rashford was undeniably Man Utd’s most effective forward, creating two huge openings for Zirkzee and beating both Alexander-Arnold and Bradley on numerous occasions.

Joshua Zirkzee – 3/10 – Missed some massive close-range chances that really could have changed the course of this game and was very sloppy with the ball.

Substitutes

Toby Collyer (46′, for Casemiro) – 5/10 – A bold call to bring on for Casemiro at half-time. Collyer conducted himself well defensively but looked a yard off the pace with the ball.

Harry Maguire (69′, for De Ligt) – 6/10 – Did what he could but the damage had already been inflicted.

Amad Diallo (69′, for Garnacho) – 7/10 – Despite the protests of Man Utd fans, Diallo improved United after replacing Garnacho. Created a couple of openings and tried to commit Liverpool defenders.

Christian Eriksen (86′, for Zirkzee) – 5/10 – Didn’t get into the game after coming on late