For many years he was the world’s fastest man and Manchester United fan Usain Bolt had a swift response to Liverpool’s quick start against his side at Old Trafford.
United had an early opportunity to draw first blood but Bruno Fernandes fired his shot off target when being left unmarked at the back post.
Shortly afterwards, Jurgen Klopp’s side made no mistake at the other end as prolific marksman Mohamed Salah turned provider to pick out Naby Keita who made no mistake when one on one with David De Gea, despatching a cool finish to put Liverpool ahead just five minutes into the contest.
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Retired Jamaican sprinter Bolt, 35, who won eight Olympic Gold Medals, include a hat-trick of 100 metre successes in Beijing (2008), London (2012) and Rio de Janeiro (2016) is a lifelong United fan and after Keita broke the deadlock, he simply wrote to his 4.8million Twitter followers: “Joke.”
Bolt, who once declared: "For me, if I could get to play for Manchester United, that would be like a dream come true. Yes, that would be epic,” briefly had a spell in professional football in Australia with A-League side Central Coast Mariners.
After Diogo Jota doubled Liverpool’s advantage on 13 minutes, Bolt delivered a follow-up Tweet, proclaiming: “It’s gonna be a long day.”
