Draft:Liverpool F.C. 7–0 Manchester United F.C.
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The 2022–23 Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield, Liverpool, took place on 5 March 2023.[1] Liverpool won 7–0, thus recording their biggest ever competitive win against Manchester United. This surpassed their previous record, which was set in October 1895, a 7–1 victory in the Second Division. This was also the joint-biggest ever defeat suffered by Manchester United and the heaviest since Wolverhampton Wanderers beat them by the same score-line in 1931.[2][3]
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Event | 2022–23 Premier League | ||||||
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Date | 5 March 2023 | ||||||
Venue | Anfield, Liverpool | ||||||
Man of the Match | Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | ||||||
Referee | Andrew Madley | ||||||
Attendance | 53,001 |
The match was highly significant in that it was a part of the strong Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry in the Northwest Derby, an inter-city derby which is widely considered the biggest fixture across English football and which is also one of the fiercest rivalries in association football across the globe.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Moreover, Mohamed Salah's two goals in the match meant that he became Liverpool's all-time top scorer in the Premier League with 129 goals, overcoming Robbie Fowler's tally of 128. Salah also became the first Liverpool player to score against Manchester United in five consecutive games.[10] With his first goal against Manchester United, Salah became the highest scoring Egyptian ever with 303 career goals, surpassing Hossam Hassan who had scored 302 goals for club & country in all competitions between 1985 and 2007.