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Marcus Rashford explains why it took so long to admit ‘embarrassment’ after Manchester United’s thrashing to Liverpool at Old Trafford

Marcus Rashford explained that he took so long to speak out about Manchester United’s 5-0 defeat to Liverpool because he was too ‘embarrassed.

The Red Devils hit rock bottom as they were thrashed by their rivals at Old Trafford.

Rashford admitted he was embarrassed by the defeat to Liverpool

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Rashford admitted he was embarrassed by the defeat to Liverpool

United hit rock bottom in their loss to their rivals

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United hit rock bottom in their loss to their rivals

Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick, the first visiting player since Ronaldo to do so, and Paul Pogba was sent off just 15 minutes after coming on at half-time.

Fans left the ground from early as half-time as they had seen enough will calls for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be sacked growing.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Pogba have been among the players to speak out on social media following the defeat.

Rashford took until Wednesday night to post something on his accounts about the game and explained why.

Rashford wrote on Twitter: “I can’t lie you haven’t heard from me on here because as a United fan I didn’t really know what to say after Sunday. I was embarrassed. I am embarrassed.

“Our fans are everything and you didn’t deserve that. We’re working hard to try and fix this. We have to redeem ourselves.”

Solskjaer’s job is hanging by a thread at the moment and faces Tottenham on Saturday – a game you can listen to live on talkSPORT.

It has been reported the Norwegian has three games to save his job, with the Spurs clash followed by Atalanta in the Champions League and Man City at home.

Solskjaer looks like he’s on thin ice following the worst result of his management career

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Solskjaer looks like he’s on thin ice following the worst result of his management career

talkSPORT understands that Antonio Conte has already been sounded out about possibly replacing Solskjaer, should the decision be made to sack him.