Ranking Liverpool's 5 best players in 5-0 win against Manchester United | Premier League 2021-22

#3 - Jordan Henderson

Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson showed what a captain's performance in such games should be like. The Englishman commanded the midfield and drove the Reds to be at their best throughout the game.

His intensity and work rate were crucial for Liverpool to dominate Manchester United and his assist for Mohamed Salah's third goal was out of this world. Henderson robbed Paul Pogba of the ball and then put in an inch-perfect ball beyond Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw with the outside of his boot.

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#2 - Diogo Jota

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota.

Diogo Jota was a surprise inclusion by Jurgen Klopp today and he replaced Sadio Mane in the starting XI. The call stunned Manchester United and Aaron Wan-Bissaka was on the pitch like a student who had prepared for the wrong exam.

The forward star fought Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo for the 'best Portuguese on the pitch today' award and overshadowed them. He was ruthless in attack and managed to score a goal as well, thanks to a beautiful ball across the six-yard box by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Jota made things better towards the end of the first half as he set up Salah for his second goal of the game in injury time. His pass was on point for the Egyptian, and the forward managed to tuck it in with ease.

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#1 - Mohamed Salah

Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring for Liverpool.

Ahead of the clash at Old Trafford, Graeme Souness made a bold claim and called Liverpool's Mohamed Salah the greediest player he has ever seen.

"He is perhaps as greedy a player as I have seen. All the top names have an element of that but he is extremely selfish. Personal targets are important to him and he shoots from every possible angle, which frustrates his team-mates at times — especially Mane. The other players accept it because he is so good."

Souness added:

"When he doesn't square it, he is either scoring or making goalkeepers work so that the follow-up is a tap-in for someone anyway, which makes it hard for anyone to criticise him. He may even take it as a compliment that I think he is the most selfish player I have seen because he is a goal machine."

Now, all football fans would be hoping to have a 'greedy player' like Salah in their team. The Egyptian not only managed to score in his 10 consecutive games for Liverpool but also created history in the game against Manchester United. He became the first-ever away player to score a Premier League hat-trick at Old Trafford.

Is there a better player than Mohamed Salah right now in the Premier League? Absolutely not.