this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all of the many new stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello and welcome to sportsday. liverpool are in seventh heaven after a record win against manchester united.

it's as you were in scotland, but celtic�*s 5—1win over st mirren wasn't as straightforwrd as it sounds. arsenal's women end their four year wait for a trophy, beating chelsea in the league cup final. also coming up in the programme... sawyers soars to gold in istanbul. and red bull make the perfect start to the formula one season, with max verstappen back on top of the podium. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. we'll start with that astonishing game at anfield, where liverpool blew manchester united away. it finished 7—0, six of the goals

coming in the second half as united simply disintegrated. that is liverpool's biggest win over their great rivals, and for united, that equals their record defeat. joe lynskey reports. with these two great clubs, superiority is often shifting. 11 months ago, liverpool won this game 4—0, now united came here ten points clear of them in the league. at anfield, they know this match can change the mood, it is the home side who need that most. injanuary, cody gakpo signed for liverpool when he might have joined united. now that choice was the difference between the two sides. half—time, 1—0, and it would get better quickly. 90 seconds from the restart, darwin nunez made it two. what had been a tight match was now all liverpool's. gakpo lofted in his second, his team kept on rising. when it falls to mo salah in this match, it feels

inevitable. he has now scored against united in five games in a row, this time as part of a collection. another header, another goal. salah was then back to make it six, and there was still time. in all the games between them, there has not been one quite like this. an extraordinary day, summed up by a scoreline. so a record breaking day for liverpool, who are now three points off the top four, and a dark day for manchester united. contrasting emotions, from the coaches you'd imagine. it sounds like a day from another season, it doesn't really fit in the season, it doesn't really fit in the season so far. it is even better, because it is incredibly important for us, we need results and performances, and tonight we got both. a super performance from the start. but we know the result is a

freak, but the performance was outstanding, and that is what i'll take. it was not us, it was not our standards. _ it was not us, it was not our standards. we didn't play as a team. the repairs _ standards. we didn't play as a team. the repairs on the pitch that were not talking, and when you look at this, _ not talking, and when you look at this, it's — not talking, and when you look at this, it's unprofessional. we have to take _ this, it's unprofessional. we have to take this _ this, it's unprofessional. we have to take this. it's a strong message that we _ to take this. it's a strong message that we have gotten, and what happened exactly, take lessons at. everton are still in the relegation zone after drawing 2—2 at nottingham forest. a win would have lifted them out of the bottom three. they led through an early penatly, but brennanjohnson hit back for forest. everton got themselves in front again by half—time thanks to this header from abdoulaye doucoure. but it wasjohnson again who scored

a wonderful equaliser. the draw keeps forest four points above the relegation zone. everton are still in it, but only on goal difference. celtic are nine points clear again at the top of the scottish premiership. a 5—1win over 10 man st mirren sounds fairly straightforward, but they actually trailed for much of the match. imran sidat reports. early kick—offs are in for everyone, but it _ early kick—offs are in for everyone, but it wasn't — early kick—offs are in for everyone, but it wasn't long before those fans had reason — but it wasn't long before those fans had reason to cheer. with the game hearty— had reason to cheer. with the game nearly five _ had reason to cheer. with the game nearly five minutes old, a penalty after— nearly five minutes old, a penalty after this— nearly five minutes old, a penalty after this handball in the box. mark o'hara _ after this handball in the box. mark o'hara a _ after this handball in the box. mark o'hara a demand to step up, and she left o'hara a demand to step up, and she ieftyour— o'hara a demand to step up, and she left your heart with no chance. then the big turning _ left your heart with no chance. then the big turning point. _ left your heart with no chance. trieri the big turning point. charles left your heart with no chance. trie�*i the big turning point. charles dunne could into problems. a straight red card, and that has just got a whole lot tougher. they made it a half term still in the lead, but after the break it was one—way traffic.

celtic�*s pressure telling, withjota getting the equaliser. then the equaliser. and they were soon ahead, alistairjohnston nodding home to complete the comeback. confidence was low. liel abada ending any hopes of an upset. the burnt down. matt o'riley added a fourth with the first of the season. they completed the rout with a late penalty. also easy, as they restore the nine—point lead at the top. arsenal women have won their first trophy since 2019. they lifted the league cup at selhurst prk after beating the holders chelsea 3—1. nick parrott was watching. it said good things come to those who would and arsenal fans had been waiting for years to see this. fiur waiting for years to see this. our son -- arsenal. _ waiting for years to see this. oi" son —— arsenal, continental cup champions. son -- arsenal, continental cup champions— son -- arsenal, continental cup chamions. . , ,, ., . champions. last week, the watched chelsea dumped — champions. last week, the watched chelsea dumped them _ champions. last week, the watched chelsea dumped them out - champions. last week, the watched chelsea dumped them out of-

champions. last week, the watched chelsea dumped them out of the i champions. last week, the watched j chelsea dumped them out of the fa cup, but when some car struck the might of feared whitbread go on. but from the moment they went level, chelsea remained to suffer. there wasn't much they could have done about that, but the next wound was self—inflicted. the player of the match, kim little, put arsenal ahead. they never looked back. this second just offside. chelsea made changes, but tactics couldn't stop the slide, as a header past the moments before half—time. chelsea lost there a trophy lasting despite opening the scoring, but that experience didn't help. arsenal were rock solid at the back, and should have had another penalty. without var, this ended up as a corner. chelsea were reduced to potshots, but arsenal weren't rattled. we want

to win trophies, and we are disappointed in yourself that we have not done this before now, but here it is. i'm just happy. it was a big win, but also for the women's game. the record attendance of 19,000, more than double the crowd at last year's final. with chelsea playing in the league cup final, manchester united took the opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of the women's super league, beating leicester city 5—1. alessia russo was the star of the show at leigh sports village, as she scored a hat—trick, and they are now four points clear of the blues, who they face next weekend. manchester city are actually up to second in the table. khadija shaw scored a hat—trick in their 3—1 win over tottenham. there were also wins for aston villa and reading. there was more british success on the final day of the european indoor athletics championships in istanbul. keely hodgkinson successfully

defended her 800m title. the olympic and world silver medallist has been in great form this season and finished almost two seconds clear of slovenia's anita horvat. she dedictaed the win to one of her former coaches, joseph galvin, who died earlier this week. ..to my coach that passed away a few days ago. it's really unexpected. so, this one is definitely for him. he had a lot of belief in a little ten—year—old me so, yeah, this medal is for him and everyone at home. so, i hope to make really proud, under i know he'll be up there watching, along with his wife at home, margaret, who i know will be so proud of me as well. and great britain finished third in the medal table after the team captain, jazmin sawyers, took gold in the long jump. her mark of seven metres is a world leading distance this year, and she could hardly believe what she'd done herself. that is her first major title. seven metres is a realjump.

it's not one of them where people are going to turn around and go, oh, yeah, but everyone was jumping badly today. no, seven metres is a legitimatejump. that's what won the olympics, and that gives me so much confidence going forward that, in high—pressure situations, i can bring out my absolute best. ijust want more of it. you know, i've never won anything. formula one is back, and the first race of the season finished just like the last, with the world champion max verstappen on top of the podium. it was a red bull 1—2 in bahrain, but in the fight for third, there was joy for fernando alonso and aston martin. here's our sports correspondent, nesta macgregor. after spending the winter tuning up their cars, it was the heat of bahrain that provided the first real test of the season. it is lights out and away we go! a new campaign but a familiar look, two times defending champion max verstappen on poll and in control. lewis hamilton's mercedes started seventh, just behind teammate and

countryman george russell. in his first race for aston martin, 41—year—old fernando alonso, aggressive as ever, making his way up the grid, and with verstappen way out in front, the real race was who would be next to him on the podium, sergio perez or charles leclerc. soon after, charles leclerc�*s race was over, his mood as flat as the car's battery. alonso benefited, finishing third, his first podium in two years, sergio perez and verstappen made it a red bull one—two, a first victory in bahrain for the dutchman who already seems to be firing on all cylinders. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. so business as usual for red bull and verstappen but the big excitement in the race was created by fernando alonso, who started in fifth, dropped to seventh, but fought back to take the final podium place in his first race with aston martin. it means a lot to everyone in the

team. we didn't expect to be that competitive. i think we didn't expect to be on the podium in 2023, to be honest. just to change the concept, be on the front part of the midfield, and in 2020 for a get closer to the top three teams, and be found out that we have the car in bahrain, just behind red bull, so this is an amazing surprise. sale sharks have cut saracens lead at the top of the rugby union premiership to sxi points. they came back from 19—0 down to beat sarries 35—24 at the aj bell stadium. full—backjoe carpenter scored two of their five tries to secure a bonus point. saracens finished the game with 1a men after robin hislop was sent off for a high challenge. that's all from sportsday. the remainder of our top story.

liverpool's record win over manchester united, beating them 7—0 at anfield in the premier league. lots of reaction on the bbc sport website to that. but from me and the rest of the sports the team, goodbye. the contribution of women in all walks of life has often been forgotten, because history has mainly been recorded by men. but here at the glasgow women's library, their achievements

are rightly celebrated. this is the only accredited museum in the uk dedicated to women's history, and it's filled with books that are about, for or by women. 20,000 books and 500,000 archived items here are providing a valuable resource for researchers and historians. spencer: amongst all of that, you will find stories _ about some amazing women. like this one. i'm a bit of a fan of ada lovelace. when i learned to program computers when i was young, i could practise on the computers i had around at the time. but when ada lovelace wrote the very first algorithm in the 1840s, computers didn't even exist. her code was designed to run on a theoretical machine that only existed on paper. so this week, we're celebrating the achievements of female tech innovators. shiona mccallum has been catching up with a female sporting icon to talk

about some new tech that's helping players and coaches collaborate on court. shiona: in tennis, every little thing counts. and that can really be felt here, at the billiejean king cup finals in glasgow. with more than 100 countries involved, it is the largest annual international team competition in women's sport. this year, it was won by switzerland. they were amongst the teams embracing billiejean�*s collaboration with microsoft to add another layer to their in—match coaching during games. analytics of all aspects of the game are being generated from ball—tracking cameras and 3d radar systems around the court. the data can then be accessed via cloud platform azure, meaning professionals and their coaches can see it in a real—time during their play. so, can this technology really improve your game?

well, i'm going to go and test it out, and i'll do this by playing one