Jordan Henderson's Champions League brilliance and Antony's Europa League ridicule

The differences between one team and the other are clear. While Liverpool are battling for the Champions League title, Manchester United are wandering in the Europa League with boring games against unknown teams where their players look ridiculous, first it was Cristiano Ronaldo and now it was the Brazilian Antony.

Liverpool advanced to the last 16 of the Champions League with three quick-fire goals before and after halftime to beat Ajax 3-0 on Wednesday. Mohamed Salah opened the scoring with a fine finish in the 42nd minute after a pass with the outside of his foot from Jordan Henderson. Darwin Nunez doubled the lead with a header four minutes into the second half and Harvey Elliott made it 3-0 with a powerful shot into the roof of the net in the 52nd as Liverpool woke up from a slow start to sweep aside Ajax at the Johan Cruyff Arena.

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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk thought it was a good night's work. "In the end we won 3-0, advanced to the next round and kept a clean sheet," he told Dutch television RTL7. The home side missed two good chances in the first half before Liverpool took the initiative. Steven Berghuis hit the post from close range in just the third minute after being released by Brian Brobbey's short pass. The young striker, who has been named in Dutch coach Louis van Gaal's provisional World Cup squad, then set up Dusan Tadic on 36 minutes, but the Ajax captain fired straight at Trent Alexander-Arnold.

From then on, it was all Liverpool. A pass with the outside of his right foot from Jordan Henderson found Salah in space between Daley Blind and Calvin Bassey, and the Egyptian striker lobbed the ball beyond Remko Pasveer for his sixth goal of the Champions League campaign. "Sensational pass from Hendo, then Mo's finishing is outstanding," Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said.

<strong>Henderson shone and Antony made a fool of himself</strong>

Manchester United, meanwhile, barely managed to beat a weakened FC Sheriff at home where Brazilian Antony turned on his left foot with the ball glued to his right foot and when he attempted a pass he sent it wide. This provoked the anger of his coach, his fans, but above all the mockery of social media users.