Soccer-Lethal Liverpool smash Manchester United for seven in record win

Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Manchester United - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - March 5, 2023 Liverpool's Darwin Nunez scores their fifth goal past Manchester United's David de Gea REUTERS/Carl Recine

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Liverpool brought Manchester United's bandwagon to a shuddering halt as Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice in a record 7-0 hammering of their arch-rivals to boost their Premier League top-four hopes at Anfield on Sunday.

A week after a resurgent United claimed their first trophy since 2017 by winning the League Cup and amid talk of a late title push they were blown away either side of halftime as Liverpool recorded their biggest ever victory in the fixture.