World Soccer

Brian GLANVILLE

Souness should have known better than to write off Manchester United

“Liverpool look nailed on to win at Old Trafford today against a Manchester United side in turmoil and lacking leaders.” Thus said Graeme Souness on the morning of their match.

With all his experience, both impressively on and subsequently off the field, he should surely have known that football remains an unpredictable game, with certainty so often a stranger.

“Solskjaer has a team short on flair, form and fitness,” Souness pursued. “It’s hard to see it changing.” Well, change it dramatically did. In front of

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