LIVERPOOL have beaten bitter rivals Manchester United 3-0 in a pre-season friendly in the United States.
The Reds took the lead through Fabio Carvalho’s deflected strike on 10 minutes.
Curtis Jones made it 2-0 later in the first half after great work from Mo Salah to put it on a plate for his Liverpool teammate.
Just after the hour mark, Konstantinos Tsimikas tapped in from close range for 3-0 as the Reds cruised to victory over their bitter rivals.
United start their campaign against Manchester City in the Community Shield next week.
And while manager Erik ten Hag will have been pleased with some of the football played in the first half, the Dutchman will be concerned at seeing his team spurn a number of opportunities.
Rasmus Højlund is set to miss the next six weeks with a hamstring injury picked up in the first game of the U.S. tour against Arsenal and without him United couldn’t make the most of their chances.
Jadon Sancho struggled to make an impact as he was deployed as the No.9 for a second game in a row and Ten Hag faces a decision about whether to start new signing Joshua Zirkzee, who is training at Carrington, against City at Wembley.
Ten Hag also has another injury worry after Harry Maguire was left out of the squad as a precaution.
