Jamie Redknapp said the ‘jury is out’ on one Manchester United summer signing despite the club’s sensible victory over Liverpool.
United clinched arguably their biggest win under Ruben Amorim and their first victory at Anfield since 2016 as they beat Liverpool 2-1 on Sunday.
Bryan Mbeumo put the Red Devils ahead inside two minutes but United fans were fearing the more severe when Cody Gapo equalised on 78 minutes.
The momentum seemed to be with defending Premier League champions Liverpool but Amorim’s side rallied superbly and went ahead again through Harry Maguire’s 84th-minute header.
Liverpool, with an abundance of attacking talent on the pitch, pressed for a late equaliser but fell short, slipping to their fourth straight defeat in all competitions.
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It was an enormous and potentially defining win of Amorim’s tenure and Redknapp was stuffed with praise for United’s transfer business after the win.
Summer signings Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Senne Lammens all produced impressive performances at Anfield and look set to change into key players for United over the approaching years.
Benjamin Sesko’s prospects look more questionable and Redknapp admits the jury remains to be out on the £74m signing, who got here on for the ultimate half-hour against Liverpool.
Sesko was expected to guide the road for United after scoring in back-to-back games before the international break but Amorim felt Cunha and Mbeumo would cause Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate, each aerially dominant, more problems.
‘What Sir Jim Ratcliffe said about Ruben Amorim’s future was quite unprecedented. He almost got ridiculed for it to a certain extent,’ Redknapp said on Sky Sports.
‘But possibly it modified the entire dressing room. The players that perhaps weren’t quite keen on Amorim, possibly Ratcliffe’s comments shut everyone up. He’s here, so let’s get on with it.
‘Perhaps it created a little bit of togetherness. Also, they’ve signed a few gems when it comes to Mbeumo and Cunha.
‘The jury remains to be out on Sesko just a little bit but in Mbeumo and Cunha they now have players that appear like they need to be in a United shirt.
‘They do now look, to a certain extent, a greater team. They still need just a few more pieces in that jigsaw but there are more positives now.’
Manchester United’s first win at Anfield in nine years leaves the Red Devils ninth within the Premier League, two points behind fourth-placed Liverpool.
Arne Slot is bidding to retain the Premier League trophy but 4 straight defeats has left Liverpool 4 points behind Arsenal.
Manchester United legend Roy Keane believes Liverpool have ‘lost just a little little bit of hunger’ after celebrating the title.
‘Have a look at Arsenal last night, for the way sensible they’re and the way confident they’re being top of the league, but once they lose the ball, ignore what they’re doing in possession,’ he said.
‘They’ve really good players and are good at set pieces, nevertheless it’s about what they’re doing without the ball. They’re hunting in packs.
‘Tactics are out of the window. They are only closing the ball down all around the pitch. Arsenal’s success, they usually still have loads to do that season, but there joy is coming from hunting the ball down.
‘They’ve pride and hunger. Have Liverpool lost that just a little bit? I believe they’ve.’
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