Manchester Reds mourn a 7-0 mauling by Liverpool FC at Anfield

Send us Fan MailRed side of Manchester in mourning after Liverpool maulingSunday 5 March, 2023The darkest of night is descending on Manchester United supporters. A few yours ago a great humiliation to its team took place at Anfield, home of its greatest rivals, Liverpool.The run up had been spectacularly successful. In the space of two weeks the team had won a tight European knockout match against Barcelona, another of the sport’s glamour teams. A week ago United triumphed winning the Caraboa cup, the old league cup now renamed after its new sponsors, a high-energy sports drink.A year ago, Liverpool was competing with Manchester City for for ranking of most successful and strongest team in Europe.Manchester United was continuing a slump in form that had persisted like some terminal malady since the glorious era under super-manager Alex Ferguson.But this season was to see a remarkable shift in success for the leading premiership teams. Liverpool plummeted until even charismatic manager Jurgen Klopp appeared a shadow of his previous self at inquests after the most recent loss. Manchester City had acquired a phenomenal  goal scorer smashing all records for the club. After a shaky start, Manchester United under new manager Van Hag rediscovered the lost art of defence. An out-of-form striker Marcus Rashford rediscovered his mojo. New signings were justifying their eye-watering contracts. New heroes were emerging as precocious youths, or as the returning successes of the recent World Cup.And to add the the surprises, Arsenal had taken the lead in the Premiership and retained it since theEarly weeks of the season. During the week, the clash against Liverpool began to build up headlines. Former stars of Liverpool and United were back in the spotlight allowed to reminisce over past glories and to predict a result. The rediscovered pundits were mostly anticipating a United victory, disregarding the famous intimidating nature of Anfield stadium, fans, and team. Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email [email protected] to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @TudortweetFollow Tudor's blogs:everydaycreativity.ukleaderswedeserve.wordpress.com