Sue Smith believes that Liverpool’s 7-0 hammering of Manchester United owed to a combination of the home side’s brilliance and the visitors’ haplessness at Anfield.
The Sky pundit noted in her post-match verdict how Gary Neville viewed the result as a capitulation from Erik ten Hag’s team and was slow to give credit to their conquerors (as per @SkySports PL on Twitter) while Graeme Souness focused on an exceptional performance from the Reds.
The ex-England women’s international didn’t agree entirely with either of those two, attributing the comprehensive outcome to a marriage of both factors.
Speaking on Sky Sports News on Monday morning, Smith said of the dominant display from Jurgen Klopp’s team: ‘I watched them yesterday and I thought – wow! This is what we expect from Liverpool, not a 7-0 win against Manchester United but that sort of play and the way that they controlled the game.’
At least she gave us a lot more credit than Neville could muster…
You can see the full clip of her verdict below, courtesy of Football Daily (@footballdaily) on Twitter:
🗣 "At 7-0 they could've got more and they wanted more."@suesmith8 believes Liverpool's win was a combination of their brilliance and Manchester United's capitulation pic.twitter.com/YAcmOLz7QN
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) March 6, 2023