Why United played better without Cristiano Ronaldo in the win over Liverpool

It took 4 years, 5 months and 12 days, in which there were eight meetings, for Manchester United to win again the English derby against Liverpool. The team that had started the Premier League with defeats against the modest Brighton and Brentford showed a little bit of its historical prestige on Monday against one of its biggest rivals.

An English classic marked by Casemiro in the stands of his new home, a superb goal by Jadon Sancho, by a counterattack by Marcus Rashford and by the "slap to the pride" of Cristiano Ronaldo, who only played five minutes, in an unmistakable sign that the relationship with the institution is broken and time is running out for him to look for a new home.

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