Even though it was painfully obvious for a while now, Manchester United’s interim manager Ralf Rangnick needed another crushing loss at the hands of Liverpool to finally admit and say publicly that the Red Devils are a class below their rivals from Anfield. The coach says so, the fans say so, and even the club legends say the same.Was there even a point in Red Devils coming to Anfield? Liverpool trident shows no mercyIn a press conference after Tuesday night’s 4-0 drubbing in on Merseyside, the German said that there will have to be some big changes within his club if they are to go toe to toe with the big guns.”It is embarrassing, it is disappointing, maybe even humiliating. We have to accept they are six years ahead of us now. When Jurgen Klopp came, they changed at the club and lifted not just the team but the club and city to a new level. That is what needs to happen with us in the next transfer windows.”Perhaps the assessment of being just six years behind is a bit too optimistic on Rangnick’s part. The truth is that the Old Trafford became a Mecca for mediocracy ever since the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson retired from his post as United boss. Since that day, nearly a decade ago, too many ordinary people have repeatedly been tasked with delivering world-class football and results to go with it. Most of them were nothing but failures.United’s cumulative 9-0 defeat against Liverpool was the second-worst in the club’s history, only surpassed by the 11-0 over two games they suffered against Sunderland over a century ago. Rangnick was quick to announce that at least ten new players would have to be changed – likely under the stewardship of current Ajax coach Erik Ten Hag. “Liverpool have better players than we have, and this was really reflected by the result today. There will be a rebuild for sure, that was obvious in the first three or four weeks for me. For us, it is extremely embarrassing as a coaching staff to sit here and have a press conference like this. We just have to admit they are better than us. We are not physical or athletic enough. If we want to have a chance, we have to cause problems and use our counter-attacking moment, and we didn’t.”Old Trafford unrest is understandable. All they need is to make the causes for it disappearReflecting his former club’s woes, former defender Gary Neville said that the deep-rooted and long-standing problems would be difficult to solve for whoever takes United’s hot seat next season.”What United have done is bring players in with piano introductions like Sanchez or Pogba. They’ve elevated the player above the manager at the football club. They’ve undermined managers over the last ten years at Manchester United by elevating the players to this god-like status, and the players haven’t performed. The players could do better, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could’ve done better, and Rangnick maybe could have done better. I feel for Erik Ten Hag if and when he comes to Manchester.”Roy Keane’s is spot on.pic.twitter.com/PDo3ZxoMfj— SPORTbible (@sportbible) April 19, 2022 United dropped to sixth in the table on goal difference as they suffered another huge blow in their bid to qualify for the Champions League. Roy Keane, the man who’d won the Premier League 12 times as a player at Old Trafford, said that the current team has no heart, no soul, no leaders and above all – no quality. After watching the game on Tuesday, what he said next would probably make many United fans want to cry.”It’s so sad to see United. It’s not the club I played for.”
