{"id":1061664,"date":"2022-04-20T09:21:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T09:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/20\/twitter-explodes-as-man-united-suffer-4-0-defeat-to-liverpool-at-anfield\/"},"modified":"2022-04-20T09:21:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T09:21:26","slug":"twitter-explodes-as-man-united-suffer-4-0-defeat-to-liverpool-at-anfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/20\/twitter-explodes-as-man-united-suffer-4-0-defeat-to-liverpool-at-anfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter explodes as Man United suffer 4-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"497\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image_2022-04-20_081050552-696x497.png\"   alt=\"Liverpool\" title=\"Liverpool\"\/><\/div>\n<p>In the absence of talismanic forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United were dismantled by arch-rivals Liverpool in the Premier League on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese star missed the game after he announced the death of his newborn son the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Both Manchester United and Liverpool sported black armbands in solidarity with Cristiano Ronaldo and his family during such a difficult time for them.<\/p>\n<p>The Anfield crowd also joined in by acknowledging the mourning in the seventh minute. <\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side were clearly superior from the first minute of the game and continued through rest of the half.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds\u00a0outclassed their bitter rivals in a 4-0 win\u00a0with the trio of Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane scored the first three goals, two of them in the first 22 minutes, in an emphatic performance.<\/p>\n<p>Salah then completed the rout with his second in the 85th minute with a clever dink over De Gea to cap it off as Liverpool moved top of the Premier League table.<\/p>\n<p>With Manchester United surrendering to a defeat in the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo, some football fanatics on Twitter expressed their thoughts. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some of the best tweets:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That was an absolute demolition job. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LFC<\/a> were utterly joyous to watch. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ManUtd<\/a> were utterly joyless to watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gary Lineker \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b (@GaryLineker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryLineker\/status\/1516520602672193538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Or Manchester United was only a strong club because of Sir Alex Ferguson?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saddick Adams (@SaddickAdams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaddickAdams\/status\/1516510894490009618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wasn&#8217;t joking when I said Chelsea Women will beat Manchester United men.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elvis Tunde \u2790 (@Tunnykvng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tunnykvng\/status\/1516522717050290186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It looked like former Man Utd defender, Rio Ferdinand was not in the mood to stick around on social media last night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TV Off\u2026 <br \/>Twitter Notifications Off\u2026 <br \/>Laters \ud83d\udc4b<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rioferdy5\/status\/1516515800563306502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure 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That, surely, is harram during the Ramadan. But it&#8217;s a eutopia for Klop and the Kop. Manchester United are galaxies behind them\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Peter Drury \ud83d\udc10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DL6F3ImYut\">pic.twitter.com\/DL6F3ImYut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tai (@Tai_Japhees) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tai_Japhees\/status\/1516522375331913728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-R_0e_qmU10\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kwawu Dwaso: Exhibitors at 2022 fair express joy over sales \u2013 Dwadie \u2013 Adom TV News (19-4-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-R_0e_qmU10?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the absence of talismanic forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United were dismantled by arch-rivals Liverpool in the Premier League on Tuesday evening. 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