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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Scott Murray

Liverpool’s root-and-branch redevelopment and the Crisis Baton

James Milner after Liverpool’s 4-1 gubbing in Naples.
James Milner after Liverpool’s 4-1 gubbing in Naples. Photograph: Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images

CRISIS BATON ROUGE

The current fight for ultimate ownership of the 2022 Crisis Baton is shaping up to be a fascinating one. Early in the season, it looked to be a shoo-in for Erik ten Hag, The Fiver anticipating him twirling and flinging it around ostentatiously, like Stevie Nicks in the video for Tusk, marching all the way to the end of the season, if he got that far. But Manchester United are suddenly four wins into an Are Back, Baby! sequence, so he’ll not be getting his hands on that stick again until approximately 3.55pm on Sunday 2 October when, well, you don’t even need to look it up, do you? Erik can start twirling it again on the way back across town, but until then he’ll have to wait.

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