Liverpool's speed and Casemir's mistakes "extinguished" United: The giant from the city of the Beatles is powerful again at "Old Trafford"

The big derby of English football went to the "Reds"

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As the era of Arne Slott began on the Liverpool bench, it seems that the time has passed when the fans of the greats from the city of the Beatles mourned the departure of coaching icon Jurgen Klopp.

This is now a new Liverpool, and yet it is very similar to Klopp's, so some habits are hard to forget - one of them is the dominance of the "reds" at "Old Trafford", which is seen from season to season.

Liverpool registered their third victory in the Premier League, in terms of the result and the game, the most convincing so far in the season - on the field of the biggest rival, they did what they wanted, so even the final 3:0 does not reflect how weak, scattered, passive United was...

Two rookie mistakes by Kazemir i two routine assists by Mohamed Salah at hits Luis Dias they made the difference in the first half, and whoever thought that the "red devils" had a chance to turn the situation around - they were wrong. Casemiro left the game, but it was only in the second 45 minutes that Liverpool really dominated.

The "Reds" could continue to repeat some of the miraculous triumphs at the "Theater of Dreams", the fans wished for those 0:5 from October 2021, but Liverpool had mercy until the end, although they created four or five great chances in front of Andre Onana's goal .

He checked it just once more, and that again after a mistake by the United midfielder - this time he lost the ball to Kobi Mayne in his own half, and Salah easily rattled the net.

It was the Egyptian's seventh league goal at Old Trafford, making him the absolute record...

One Dutchman (Slot) gave football lessons to another (Erik ten Haag) and is the first manager of Liverpool since Bob Paisley in 1975 who beat United in the first derby on the bench. He is the first since 1936 to do so in Manchester, since George Kay.

Slot's team remained the only one next to Manchester City with the maximum performance after three rounds in the English elite - two points less than the tandem at the top collected by Arsenal, Brighton and Newcastle...

Standings provided by Sofascore

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