Ferdinand slams Man Utd players

Rio Ferdinand has slammed three Manchester United stars after the club’s ’embarrassing’ defeat to Premier League rivals Liverpool.

United’s top-four hopes were dealt another blow on a demoralising night at Anfield as Ralf Rangnick’s side were thumped 4-0 by title-chasing Liverpool.

It took Liverpool just five minutes to carve United open and take the lead, with Mohamed Salah finding Luis Diaz free in the box and the Colombian forward firing past a helpless David de Gea.

Salah turned from provider to goalscorer midway through the first half after being played in by a brilliant Sadio Mane pass.

Mane and Diaz combined superbly for Liverpool’s third on 68 minutes and Salah added a fourth late on Jurgen Klopp’s side overwhelmed a struggling United side.

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Old Trafford legend Ferdinand has described the defeat as ’embarrassing’ and says Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Diogo Dalot were all poor on a painful night for Manchester United.

Reacting to his former club’s defeat on the Vibe with Five YouTube channel, Ferdinand said: ‘Wow. I hate to be negative about Manchester United but the fall from grace is unheralded.

“It’s never been seen before. It’s alarming but we’ve all seen it coming. A big, big rebuild needs to happen.

“It was embarrassing. I want to see some passion and desire. That game yesterday showed how far United are behind. You can go through it from No. 1 to 11 and it was poor.

“The whole team were a shambles. Every goal you can pick someone out. There was no awareness, the two full-backs Wan-Bissaka and Dalot not following their men.

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“Maguire in no man’s land, not tight enough to the striker, not covering the run, in the middle of nowhere. People will say you shouldn’t single out people but it was embarrassing yesterday.”

Liverpool beat Manchester United 9-0 on aggregate this season, becoming the first club to score at least eight goals against United in a Premier League campaign.