Manchester United: The biggest defeats of Red Devils in History as Liverpool put seven past them

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Manchester United's revival under manager Erik ten Hag took a big hit as the Red Devils capitulated at the Anfield on Sunday (March 5).

On a chilly night at their biggest foe's home turf, the Red Devils were shambolic and suffered a gigantic 7-0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool. It was their joint worst competitive loss in history. Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo, Mohamed Salah scored braces each while Roberto Firmino scored the 7th goal to complete the humiliation.

Check out all the biggest losses of Manchester United:

Manchester United biggest league defeats:

Manchester United's biggest competitive defeat is by the scoreline of 7-0. They have lost by the same scoreline four times in their history including the latest one. On the other occasions, they have conceded seven without reply to Blackburn Rovers in 1926, Aston Villa in 1930 and Wolves in 1931.

All of their seven-goal margin defeats have come in away matches.

Man United biggest home defeat:

Manchester United's biggest home defeat is by a deficit of six goals. Here are their biggest home defeats.

Opponent	Score	Date
Aston Villa	0-6	March 14, 1914
Newcastle United	1-7	September 10, 1927
Huddersfield Town	0-6	September 10, 1930

Man United biggest Premier League defeats:

Manchester United have lost by 5 or more goals margin on six occasions in the Premier League. And quite amazingly, five of their biggest six Premier League defeats have come in the month of October.

Opponent	Score	Date
Manchester City	1-6	October 23, 2011
Tottenham	1-6	October 4, 2020
Liverpool	0-5	October 24, 2021
Liverpool	0-7	March 5, 2023
Newcastle United	0-5	October 20, 1996
Chelsea	0-5	October 3, 1999

Man United biggest European Defeat:

Manchester United's worst European defeat came against Sporting Lisbon in 1964 when they were beaten 5-0 by the Portuguese team in the quarter-final of the Cup Winners' Cup.

In the Champions League, their biggest defeat is a 4-0 loss against Barcelona in the group stages of the 1994-95 season.

Manchester United's biggest defeats this season:

In the 2022-23 season, under the new manager Erik ten Hag, Man United have already endured some heavy losses. This was their third defeat this season with a margin of 3 or more goals.

They lost 4-0 against Brentford in August, while also suffering a 6-3 defeat at the hands of Manchester City in October.