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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter

Fabinho driven by Liverpool’s slow start not Manchester United ‘crisis’

Fabinho
Fabinho insists Liverpool are not concerned by drawing their first two games of the Premier League season. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters

Fabinho was at home nursing an injury and shouting at the television screen when Liverpool humiliated Manchester United at Old Trafford last season. The shouts were not all celebratory. He was also a little greedy.

Liverpool recorded their biggest win at Old Trafford with a 5-0 victory against Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s sorry side. Their aggregate score against United reached 9-0 for the season, the most Liverpool have scored against their fierce rivals in a single campaign since 1895‑96. Mohamed Salah’s hat-trick was also the first by a Liverpool player at United since 1936. And still Fabinho wanted more.

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