Punter incredibly predicts 6-2 Man Utd win and 7-0 Liverpool score but cashes out £40k double bet for less than £3k

ONE punter was left cursing their luck on Sunday after cashing out an incredible £40,000 double bet for less than £3k. The football fan placed a £2 double at odds of 20,300/1 on Manchester United beating Leeds 6-2 and Liverpool beating Crystal Palace 7-0. The gambler won the first bet as Liverpool stormed to victory […]

ONE punter was left cursing their luck on Sunday after cashing out an incredible £40,000 double bet for less than £3k.

The football fan placed a £2 double at odds of 20,300/1 on Manchester United beating Leeds 6-2 and Liverpool beating Crystal Palace 7-0.

The gambler won the first bet as Liverpool stormed to victory at Selhurst Park.

But instead of holding firm in the other game, they decided to cash out in the 62nd minute when United were beating Leeds 4-1

That saw a confirmed return of £2,279.56 from Sky Bet.

But the pundit must have been left in disbelief as United scored two more goals with Leeds also pulling another back at Old Trafford. 

Had the gambler held firm they would have scooped over £40,000.

Liverpool’s 7-0 win against Palace at Selhurst Park saw them go four points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino both scored twice in the thrashing.

Takumi Minamino, Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson also scored for the defending champions.

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The punter predicted Man Utd would beat Leeds 6-2 but cashed out at 4-1[/caption]

Meanwhile, United moved into third with a game in hand after they taught Leeds a lesson at the Theatre of Dreams.

Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes each netted twice for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s title outsiders.

Victor Lindelof and Daniel James also scored as United moved just five points behind Liverpool.

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