It’s hard to pick out the moment that Manchester United’s humiliation at Anfield reached its peak, but it may well have been at a time when second half hadn’t even kicked off.
As Martin Atkinson waited to get his technical issues fixed, the two sets of players asked for a ball to be kicked on to keep warm.
Mohamed Salah was the first to make the demand and as Liverpool’s players zipped the ball around, United’s beaten team stood motionless with the ball still in the centre of the pitch for five or six seconds before deciding they should do the same.
