In January 2020 it was only two but it was double that in April 2022.
The Reds creditably defied expectations last season to hold Liverpool to a goalless draw.
When United performed decently for a half at Anfield under Erik ten Hag, they were battered 7-0 and that result signalled a gradual and neverending decline under the Dutchman.
United are winless in nine at Liverpool and last won on the red side of Stanley Park in January 2016. Nine games, four draws, five defeats, one goal scored and 18 conceded.
Liverpool away is the one fixture that this United, on a losing streak of four games and beaten in five of their last six in the Premier League, would not want. The coach journey to Anfield on Sunday afternoon may feel like a walk to the gallows.
As Ben Affleck says in Argo, there are only bad options. Ruben Amorim must find the best bad idea to get a result. Spoiler alert: the Argo operation was a success.
TWO IN AND TWO OUT
Manuel Ugarte and Bruno Fernandes are certain starters following their one-match suspensions and it is just as well as Christian Eriksen and Casemiro cannot cope against Newcastle, never mind Liverpool.
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