Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their side’s sixth goal of the game with team-mates during the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. Picture date: Sunday March 5, 2023.
Man United: EMBARRASSING WhatsApp group chat before Liverpool defeat
Man United made the mistake of counting chickens before they hatched. What went down in their WhatsApp chat before losing 7-0 to Liverpool?
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring their side’s sixth goal of the game with team-mates during the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. Picture date: Sunday March 5, 2023.
As if the 7-0 hiding Man United took at Anfield against Liverpool wasn’t enough. Here’s what happened in their WhatsApp group chat.
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Man United players get ahead of themselves
The Red Devils bear Barcelona in the Europa League and won the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle. This run of fine form led the players to start boldly speaking about how they fancied their chances of catching leaders Arsenal and champions Man City in the WhatsApp group chat.
The 7-0 hammering at Anfield will surely come as a serious reality check. They’re now 14 points adrift of Arsenal and nine behind City. Arsenal’s dramatic 3-2 win over Bournemouth where Hale End graduate Reiss Nelson drove in a 97th-minute winner to send Emirates stadium into raptures.
“We are going to keep going, game by game, day by day,” Nelson said after the game when asked about the ongoing title race.
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There are rumours that Gabriel Jesus might even be included in Arsenal’s traveling squad to Portugal. They face Sporting in Lisbon in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16. Deputy striker Eddie Nketiah has performed admirably in Jesus’ absence, but Nketiah too picked up an injury of his own and missed the Gunners’ thrilling 3-2 win over Bournemouth.
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With both nearing a return, Arteta’s Arsenal team looks stacked up front again. Jesus only has five league goals all season, but it’s his relentless pressing, work ethic and creativity which has endeared him to the Arsenal fans.
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