Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool : Five Talking Points

Goals from Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Robin Van Persie were enough to give Manchester United their sixth-straight win and heap more misery on Brendan Rodgers and Liverpool. Here are the major talking points from the game.

#1 Liverpool lack hunger and desire

Before the start of the game, Rodgers spoke of how his team needed to be more technical and said that was the reason why he started without a recognised striker. But in the big games, you need to be physically and mentally strong, unfortunately for Rodgers, Liverpool weren't and that is why they slumped to their seventh league defeat of the season.

Although the Reds started on the front foot, they didn't take their chances, while the home side displayed plenty of grit and determination in not just holding on, but then hitting the visitors with the perfect sucker punch. Having technical players is all well and good, but if you can't get the results, then it is of no use and that seems to be the problem now for Liverpool.