Old Trafford, known as the “Theatre of Dreams,” turned into a nightmare for Manchester United once again as Erik Ten Hag’s team put in a dreadful performance against Liverpool over the 90 minutes.

The home side was shaky from the coaching decisions to the on-field display, with not a single bright spot to be seen.

Ten Hag’s lineup was poorly chosen, his tactics were uninspired, and his substitutions failed to make an impact.

On the pitch, Manchester United players made a series of errors, with all three goals conceded stemming from individual mistakes, misplaced passes, or losing possession in their own half.

Mason Mount’s injury means Joshua Zirkzee gets a start. The young Dutchman is promoted to centre-forward, supported by captain Bruno Fernandes. In defence, Matthijs de Ligt takes Harry Maguire’s place. Liverpool manager Arne Slot sticks with the same line-up that won 2-0 against Brentford last week.

After the opening whistle, Liverpool took the initiative to attack, Man Utd chose to play defensive counter-attack. In the 5th minute, Trent Alexander-Arnold scored against Man Utd, but the away team did not have an early opening goal because VAR intervened, determining that there was an offside error in Liverpool’s goal-scoring situation.

Man Utd played a rather strange style of play when the players continuously made wrong passes and continuously lost the ball right on their home field. In particular, the home team’s main midfielders such as Casemiro and Fernandes were inexplicably declining, they were the ones who made the most wrong passes on the “Red Devils” side.

One person often put Man Utd’s defense on alert, the other person often extinguished the home team’s attacks.

In the 35th minute, Casemiro misplaced the ball in the middle of the field, creating an opportunity for Liverpool to attack quickly. Mohamed Salah broke free and crossed the ball from the right for Luiz Diaz to jump high and head the ball into the goal near the left post, opening the score of the match.