How The World Reacted To Man United And Liverpool’s Heavy Defeats

An absolutely riotous day of Premier League thrills and spills saw both Manchester United and Liverpool fall to humiliating and incredibly heavy defeats, with United going down 6-1 against Tottenham and Liverpool, even more improbably, getting thumped 7-2 by Aston Villa.

That’s right: Two clubs with a whopping 39 English top-flight titles between them conspired to concede a total of 13 goals between them! What a day. Where to begin?

How about kickoff at OId Trafford, where things actually got off to a decent start for United when they won their now customary penalty with just 30 seconds played.

Bruno Fernandes duly converted in similarly routine fashion and all seemed well, However, things began to turn sour for the hosts just minutes later, signalling the start of a remarkable few hours. This is the story of a magnificent, mind-boggling day.

Having dusted themselves off, Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham responded with a bewildering barrage of six unanswered goals, starting when Tanguy Ndombele cancelled out Fernandes’ spot kick in the fourth minute and quickly followed by Son Heung-min putting the visitors ahead in the seventh.

United then saw Anthony Martial sent off just ahead of the half-hour mark for a fairly tame slap of Erik Lamela, who somehow managed to stay on the field despite clearly antagonising the French striker with a weak tap moments beforehand.

Much to Mourinho’s muted delight, Spurs continued to ransack United’s rickety defence and rattle goal after goal past David de Gea.

United continued to capitulate after the restart, conceding two more goals in the second half to let six slip for only the third time in Premier League history — all three of their stuffings coming in the dreaded month of October.