Liverpool could now face 'Sadio Mane's replacement' in Champions League semi-finals

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher believes his previous sides “never stooped” as low as Manchester United ’s current level. The Red Devils suffered another painful humiliation at the hands of Jurgen Klopp’s side as a Mohamed Salah brace, coupled with goals from Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane secured a dominant 4-0 victory for the Merseysiders.

Manchester United suffered their second humiliating defeat of the season against Liverpool on Tuesday night.

Manchester United fan on Twitter after their thrashing at the hands of Liverpool on Tuesday night. The Red Devils rocked up to Anfield with little expectation with Jurgen Klopp's men in sensational form and themselves looking shaky at the back. Ralf Rangnick saw this and tried to tackle it by playing a back three with Phil Jones coming in from the wilderness.

Manchester United players made a combined XI with Liverpool based on stats from this season.Ralf Rangnick's men have been way off the pace of Jurgen Klopp's side with a clear gulf in class between the two rivals. And that was not only shown in the 4-0 result at Anfield on Wednesday (April 19), but also in a stats-based combined XI from Sky Sports.

Manchester United's likely incoming boss Erik ten Hag has his work cut out for him - if he did not already know the size of the task before him. The Ajax boss is the hot favourite to take over at Old Trafford at the end of the season when interim coach Ralf Rangnick will step aside.

Gary Lineker claimed that Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker was playing better than any Manchester United player in the opening exchanges at Anfield.

Chris Sutton has taken aim at Manchester United player Jesse Lingard for a decision he labels as symbolic for the ongoing issues at Old Trafford and beyond. Lingard was omitted from the starting XI for tonight's Premier League showdown with Liverpool - but soon found himself thrust into action.

Gary Neville struggled to hold back his disgust at Manchester United's first-half display against Liverpool.

David de Gea was left fuming at Trent Alexander-Arnold after the Liverpool star booted the ball straight at the Spaniard.The Reds had been celebrating going a goal up after just five minutes in Tuesday's Premier League clash against their fierce rivals when the incident occurred. Luis Diaz converted Mohamed Salah's cross, with Alexander-Arnold following up the Colombian.As he arrived in the six-yard box, the ball bounced out of the goal with De Gea standing dejected.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been given time off to grieve the death of his baby son. It appears Red Devils boss Ralf Rangnick has opted for a change in formation too for the Premier League clash at Anfield.The interim manager has named three centre-backs in his starting XI with Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof alongside Jones, who has made just two appearances in all competitions this season.

Mohamed Salah and his contract have rightly dominated the discussion in recent weeks. But there is another Liverpool forward who is heading towards the exit door in 2023 if the Reds don’t sort out a new deal. Sadio Mane is not a forward the Merseysiders can afford to lose, even if Luis Diaz has arrived and hit the ground running.

Liverpool survived a scare as Jurgen Klopp's side progressed to the Champions League semi-finals following a nervy 3-3 draw with Benfica on Wednesday night.The German made seven changes for the return leg at Anfield as he shuffled the pack ahead of his side's trip to Wembley to take on Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday - days on from the pair's Etihad epic last weekend. Though the line-up may have differed from Lisbon last week, the match started in similar fashion with Ibrahima Konate once again netting the opener with a bullet header.

Liverpool fans have got the jitters after seeing Jurgen Klopp's line-up for tonight's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Benfica.The Reds are strong favourites to win the tie having secured a 3-1 victory in Lisbon last week, but after fielding a team that wouldn't look out of place in an FA Cup third-round fixture, Liverpool fans are genuinely concerned that it might end up being a long old night for them.First-team shoe-ins Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold have all been dropped, while the likes of Joe Gomez and Konstantinos Tsimikas have been handed unexpected run-outs in defence.Elsewhere, James Milner has replaced Thiago in midfield, Ibrahima Konate comes in for Van Dijk, and Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino lead the line (check out the full line-up below)."That's a lot of changes for only having a 2 goal advantage," one nervous fan tweeted."Feels like we're underestimating them," said a second, while another wrote: "I get the need to rotate and keep our strongest fit, but I really don't know about that midfield."Is Jurgen Klopp's line-up too weak? Let us know what you think in the comments section.A fourth fan wrote: Is this am FA Cup third-round game? … Guys see what happened to Real yesterday? … 2 goal lead is nothing they can comeback."Klopp will almost certainly be keen to keep his stars as fresh as possible, especially with Liverpool still fighting on all three available fronts, and an FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City coming in just a few days.And with just a point separating them and City at the top of the Premier League, the title run-in is shaping up to be one of the most nail-biting in history.Let's see if Klopp's risk pays off, shall we?

Bayern Munich crashing out of the Champions League at the hands of Villarreal.The bizarre incident happened an hour or so after the game with the supporter clambering down from the stands and hobbling onto the grass to drunkenly serenade the empty stadium. He then tumbled over, gestured to the sky in celebration, and stumbled off into the night, apparently singing songs about Koln striker Anthony Modeste.

Manchester City travel to Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid tonight in their second- eg of the Champions League quarter-final with a 1-0 cushion after Kevin de Bruyne's goal gave them a first leg advantage. Meanwhile Liverpool face Benfica at the same time with a 3-1 lead.

Robert Lewandowski joined Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in an exclusive Champions League club on Tuesday night.

Liverpool fans have been left counting their lucky stars over the prospect of facing Villarreal instead of Bayern Munich.The Yellow Submarine shocked the world when they dumped the German giants out of the Champions League on Tuesday evening. Reds target Arnaut Danjuma had fired Villarreal ahead in the first leg before Robert Lewandowski hit back in the second leg for Bayern.But Samuel Chukwueze silenced a stunned Allianz Arena when he notched the Yellow Submarine ahead again in the 88th minute.

Liverpool fought back from behind on two occasions to draw 2-2 against Manchester City, meaning that there is still just one point between the pair at the top of the Premier League.A blockbuster first-half saw Kevin De Bruyne fire City ahead inside five minutes before Diogo Jota equalised shortly after, and Liverpool were rocked before half-time as Gabriel Jesus restored the hosts' advantage. The Reds were fortunate to go into the break just a goal down, as City pushed for a third.But Liverpool came out a different side in the second half, and equalised inside one minute of the restart as Mohamed Salah teed up Sadio Mane.

Liverpool have arrived in Manchester with their big guns in tow ahead of Sunday's title showdown at the Etihad.

Roberto Firmino has dealt Liverpool a late selection concern for the impending Premier League contest with title rivals Manchester City. The 30-year-old came off the bench for the Reds during the Champions League win against Benfica on Tuesday night.

Liverpool and Manchester City star David James has excluded Mohamed Salah from his combined team of the two sides ahead of Sunday's huge showdown.Jurgen Klopp's men travel to City knowing a win will see them leapfrog their title rivals into top spot in the Premier League table. The Reds have fought back from a seemingly impossible position to put themselves well in contention to regain their title of English champions.Ahead of Sunday's title clash, James was asked to pick his combined starting line-up from the two squads.