Cody Gakpo, Darwin Núñez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice in Liverpool’s 7-0 humbling of rivals Manchester United
was widely questioned. Had Liverpool just picked him up because he was available and – relatively – cheap? Given the state of the midfield, was the forward line really the priority? And how did he fit in? For a large part of the season, it felt as though Liverpool were waiting for Diogo Jota to get fit, but his inclusion would have meant either Núñez or Gakpo missing out.at Anfield. Both are slightly unusual footballers, players who confound expectation.
Cody Gakpo, who joined Liverpool in January, celebrates after scoring the first goal against Manchester United.Gakpo’s first was key. It had been a largely even game until then, bitty, occasionally spiteful, engaging more for the sense of menace and potential that lurked below the surface that for anything that had actually happened.
That was a very fine finish, but his second, Liverpool’s third, was even better, deftly whipped in from a tight angle after a run from Salah. Characteristically, Núñez’s goals were both headers. Salah took both of his goals exceptionally well. More than a third of Liverpool’s 47 league goals this season haveWell as Liverpool’s front three played, though, United’s collapse was pitiful.
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