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– Manchester United’s level of performance has dropped since the team lifted the Carabao Cup, defender Luke Shaw said after they were thrashed 7-0 by rivals Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday in their heaviest defeat in 92 years.
– United travelled to Anfield on an 11-match unbeaten streak but suffered the club’s worst loss since losing 7-0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1931.
– The defeat came a week after United claimed their first trophy since 2017 by winning the Carabao Cup, having beaten Newcastle United in the final.
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– “Out there on the pitch, I felt embarrassed for us players, for the fans who were supporting us and who were watching at home,” he told MUTV.
– “To watch that second half … I can only apologise for that, us, as players, have to own it, we have to stand up and accept that it was nowhere near good enough.
– “It was completely unacceptable. Our standards have clearly dropped since we won that trophy, and in the last couple of games we haven’t been our normal selves.”
– United conceded six of the seven goals in the second half as Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all scored twice for Liverpool.
– “We need to find the good things we were doing before and bring them back because this hurts a lot, and it’s really unacceptable what we did in that second half,” Shaw said. “We showed no personality and no mentality.”
– The result boosted Jurgen Klopp’s side’s hopes of a top-four finish as they rose to fifth in the Premier League table, three points below fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur.
