Football fans on Twitter have heavily slammed Manchester United's performance in the first half of Tuesday's Premier League clash with Liverpool. The Red Devils failed to make any significant contribution in the first 45 minutes of the clash, with their top-four aspirations hanging in a balance.
The period ahead of the build-up to United's clash with Liverpool had been laced with a couple of misfortunes with talisman Bruno Fernandes suffering an accident and superstar Cristiano Ronaldo losing his newborn son. With the latter having been declared unavailable for the trip to Anfield, the Red Devils' bad omen continued as Paul Pogba was also forced off with injury just 10 minutes into the proceeding.
A rather fringe Man United side set out to battle the title contenders but were put on the backfoot inside the first five minutes. Having set-up a primary formation which featured five defenders, Ralf Rangnick's side was breached by Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz who combined for the game's first goal. In the 22nd minute, Sadio Mane found Salah for Liverpool's second with a brilliant through ball following a well-worked passing move in the visitors' half.
Liverpool enjoyed a 76 percent possession in the first half with their total number of shots being nine and finding the target on three occasions. The Reds also created three big chances, two of which resulted in goals. On the contrary Manchester United finished the half with a 24 per cent possession statistic and no shot in the first half, failing to create a single chance to effect.
Below is how fans reacted to the performance of Ralf Rangnick's side in the first half of their clash with Liverpool:
Man united fans watching their team play every week #LIVMUN pic.twitter.com/GSffd1PymQ
— Яε∂εƒïทε∂ (@sanmi08) April 19, 2022
Ugly scenes at the Anfield as stewards force Man United fans to stay and watch the end of the game #LIVMUN pic.twitter.com/Y42Xu5214z
— Footymemes.21 (@footymemes21) April 19, 2022
Forfeit @ManUtd, it'll only be counted as 3-0
— Mod (@CFCMod_) April 19, 2022
Maguire Out, United fans we need to be heard, this can't happen, Man United is a great club and Maguire don't deserves to play in this club, we need to start writing and pushing the club through the social media, please. pic.twitter.com/xL79C6wjE0
— Sebastián_X (@Sebas_jm_7) April 19, 2022
Maguire Out, United fans we need to be heard, this can't happen, Man United is a great club and Maguire don't deserves to play in this club, we need to start writing and pushing the club through the social media, please. pic.twitter.com/xL79C6wjE0
— Sebastián_X (@Sebas_jm_7) April 19, 2022
Gary Neville just said playing Man United is the easiest fixture in football
— 442oons (@442oons) April 19, 2022
I will like to see Man United's running stats. They seem to be jogging. No pressure on the ball, just ball-watching Liverpool players with the ball. I mean, Ten Hag has big issues to fix. If you know Hag, then don't be surprised to see United losing badly at the start.
— Vince™ (@Blue_Footy) April 19, 2022
Man united Man united on
— #EduOut (@MagicMartinpele) April 19, 2022
tonight Saturday v Arsenal pic.twitter.com/rDiIWQyhNM
I mean, when all's said and done, Man United are just not very good at football
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 19, 2022
These Man United players are clearly not interested in this game. Our biggest rival is about to equal our premier league record yet they don't care. Poor mentality!
— Zoba (@Czooba) April 19, 2022