Nunez appears to MOCK Rashford by imitating his trademark head point celebration

Darwin Nunez appeared to mock Marcus Rashford during Liverpool's 7-0 thrashing of Manchester United on Sunday.

The Reds tore Erik ten Hag's side apart in one of the Premier League's most remarkable results of all-time thanks to six second half goals, after Cody Gakpo had put them one-up at half-time.

Liverpool's new-look front-line of Nunez, Gakpo and Mohamed Salah all scored twice before Roberto Firmino netted a seventh late-on.

And Nunez - who has now scored eight Premier League goals this season following his £85m summer move from Benfica - seemed to ridicule United forward Rashford after his second goal.

As he wheeled away to celebrate his powerful header, the Uruguayan put his index finger to the side of his head - something that Rashford has become synonymous with during his superb run of form that has seen him score 17 times since the World Cup.

The celebration has been adopted globally with tennis star Novak Djokovic, England cricketer Jofra Archer, along with United team-mate Jadon Sancho and Arsenal star Bukayo Saka all having been spotted performing the gesture in recent times.

Sportsmail has previously reported how the celebration relates to shutting out outside noise and being mentally tough.

Nunez's celebration of Liverpool's fifth goal by taking on the trademark move of the England forward came amid Rashford's personal struggles in the game.

He had scored in nine of his previous 10 Premier League games before blanking in clash at Anfield.

The result leaves Liverpool in a prime position in their race for the top for despite various struggles this season.

Jurgen Klopp's side are fifth in the league, but are just three points off Tottenham having played one game fewer than Antonio Conte's side.

United meanwhile remain third, but their hopes of a quadruple have taken a significant blow - with the Red Devils now 14 points off top of the table Arsenal.