Gary Neville didn't hold back with a vicious assessment of Lucas Bergvall's role in Liverpool's third goal against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Spurs took a surprise lead at Anfield before the hosts stormed towards their Premier League coronation with a three-goal blitz before half-time.
Dominik Solanke momentarily stunned the champions-elect with a perfect header from James Maddison's corner in the 12th minute. However, Luis Diaz responded moments later, tapping home Dominic Szoboszlai's drilled ball across goal. Alexis Mac Allister produced a sensational long-range strike to fire Liverpool into the lead shortly after that. Ten minutes later, Cody Gakpo fired a third past the visitors to send Anfield into party mode.
Mac Allister's corner was poor, but Bergvall directed the ball into the danger zone by scuffing a headed clearance into the heart of the action.
Gakpo was the sharpest to react, first shuffling away from Brennan Johnson before resisting pressure applied by Dominic Solanke to aim a low effort into the bottom corner.
While talking through the goal on commentary for Sky Sports, Neville blasted Bergvall's role in essentially assisting the Liverpool forward with his poor clearance.
"Bergvall's header, well, it's appalling, it's pathetic. But take nothing away from Cody Gakpo," the Manchester United legend noted alongside Peter Drury.
Gakpo's finish sent Liverpool on their way to equalling United's record as the stand-alone most successful club in English top-flight history.
Just over a decade has passed since Sir Alex Ferguson completed his mission to knock the Reds off their perch with a 13th Premier League title.
But Jurgen Klopp moved Liverpool one behind in 2020, and Arne Slot has drawn the club level in his first season as the German's successor.
In the meantime, United are destined for their worst-ever Premier League campaign, rotting in 14th with four games remaining.
The Red Devils are set to suffer a record-low league position and point tally and an all-time-high total of defeats under Ruben Amorim.
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Tottenham could stand in Amorim's way as he bids to salvage a significant prize from his troubling maiden campaign in the coming weeks.
United face Athletic Club in the Europa League semi-finals, while Ange Postecoglou's side meet Bodo/Glimt.
The two Premier League strugglers - with Spurs even lower in 16th - could meet in the Bilbao final. Silverware and Champions League qualification would be at stake.
Postecoglou is expected to leave his post as Spurs boss regardless of whether he ends the club's long trophy drought or not.