Van Dijk and Salah incisions help Liverpool tear open Manchester United
(The Guardian Sports News)

For Manchester United fans, it is the hope that kills them. The hope that Ole Gunnar Solskjær can find the answers, that the flickers of promise from his tenure can morph into meaningful momentum, that the romance inherent in his appointment can somehow override the problems and the drift at the top of the club.This was a game in which Liverpool´s superiority was so pronounced for most of the first half and the early part of the second that it would have been no surprise had they led by five or six. The intensity of their football coupled with the surgical nature of their incisions were enough to take the breath. It certainly seemed to take that of United. During the period, it felt like the latest reality check for Solskjær and his players. Continue reading...