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Who: Liverpool vs Manchester United
What: English Premier League
The place: Anfield, Liverpool, United Kingdom
When: 4:30pm (16:30 GMT) on Sunday
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Liverpool boss Arne Slot believes struggling Manchester United are higher than their place within the Premier League standings suggests, and mentioned he doesn’t plan to relaxation any gamers when the 2 groups conflict at Anfield.

Liverpool prime the desk with 45 factors and with a recreation in hand over the opposite title contenders. They’re six factors forward of second-placed Arsenal, whereas United, with 5 losses of their final six league video games, are languishing 14th with 22 factors.

Whereas United are not the drive they had been in the course of the Alex Ferguson period, Slot was shocked when requested if he plans to relaxation any of his key gamers for the match on Sunday.

“No. In fact not,” Slot mentioned. “For me, they’ve a lot better gamers than possibly the league desk reveals in the meanwhile. It’d take some time for (supervisor) Ruben Amorim to carry this out of the gamers however they’re much higher than the league desk reveals.”

Liverpool nonetheless sweating on Alexander-Arnold, Salah and van Dijk futures

With reference to his personal gamers, Slot insisted that defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is concentrated on his job regardless of hypothesis linking the defender, who’s out of contract in the summertime, with a transfer to Actual Madrid.

Liverpool’s talisman Mohamed Salah can be out of contract, together with membership captain Virgil van Dijk, and has mentioned a brand new deal is “distant”. The Egyptian leads the league with 17 targets and mixed along with his 13 assists, his purpose contributions add as much as one each 53 minutes.

Requested if Salah is presently one of the best on the earth, Slot mentioned it’s tough to match gamers.

“If I solely take a look at my very own staff, Virgil (van Dijk) additionally has an impressive season however he doesn’t have the numbers as a result of he’s a defender,” the supervisor mentioned. “The numbers Mo has communicate for themselves. In case you merely take a look at the numbers and the way in which he’s taking part in, he’s undoubtedly a fantastic, nice participant.”

Slot’s males, who’ve misplaced just one recreation this season, beat Manchester United 3-0 at Previous Trafford in September and United have only one victory over their rivals of their final 13 league conferences.

Slot had type phrases for Amorim, who admitted after their 2-0 loss to Newcastle United on Monday that his staff might be dealing with potential relegation.

“Each supervisor sympathises with each different supervisor,” Slot mentioned. “Everyone knows how a lot strain this job brings. It’s one thing we like. He’s carried out so effectively at Sporting and I feel he has a superb squad of gamers so he’ll ultimately carry one of the best out of them.”

Manchester United want “leaders” on the sphere to reverse current run

Amorim, meantime, says Manchester United are “ravenous for leaders” throughout a turbulent interval.

United will have the ability to welcome again skipper Bruno Fernandes at Anfield, after he was suspended for Monday’s dismal 2-0 defeat to Newcastle, whereas the membership has triggered an possibility to increase former captain Harry Maguire’s contract by a 12 months till 2026.

Defender Maguire, 31, joined the membership from Leicester in 2019 and his deal was set to run out on the finish of the season.

“I spoke with him (Maguire) this morning and I informed him he has to enhance on the pitch, we want him loads,” Amorim mentioned on Friday.

“Additionally, he has to enhance as a pacesetter. Everyone knows the scenario that he had right here (shedding the captaincy and falling down the pecking order) however we want him loads on this second, so we’re going to set off, fortunately, the choice for him.”

Amorim added: “While you take a look at our staff we’re ravenous for leaders on the pitch. He’s a pacesetter.”

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United have misplaced 4 consecutive video games and have additionally been knocked out of the League Cup of their current wretched run.

The 2 most profitable golf equipment in English soccer historical past couldn’t be heading into Sunday’s match in additional contrasting trend with Liverpool closing in on United’s report of 20 English top-flight titles, regardless of Arsenal narrowing the hole to 6 factors following their win at Brentford on Wednesday.

United final gained at Anfield 9 years in the past and have suffered 4-0 and 7-0 thrashings in two of their previous three visits.

Amorim, although, is hoping that some uncommon time on the coaching pitch this week will assist his staff.

“In soccer, in a single recreation something can occur,” he mentioned. “In case you discuss in regards to the season, then virtually each time one of the best staff wins.

“Within the second they’re higher than us however we are able to win any recreation. We’ve got to focus not on the context however the efficiency. We’ve got to enhance the easy issues.

“In fact, it’s a tough second as a result of we’re shedding too many matches and we’re going to be dealing with one of the best staff of this 12 months, however, like I mentioned, with coaching, we put together extra the staff and we need to enhance the efficiency in comparison with the final recreation.”

Amad Diallo has been United’s one supply of optimism throughout a troublesome first two months of Amorim’s reign.

The Ivorian is near agreeing a brand new long-term deal at Previous Trafford in accordance with the Portuguese coach.

Liverpool staff information

Joe Gomez faces a spell on the sidelines after being dominated out for not less than two weeks with the hamstring harm that compelled him off within the win in opposition to West Ham.

Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate have, nonetheless, each resumed coaching as a part of the first-team squad to bolster the defence. Dominik Szoboszlai, meantime, returns following a one-match ban.

Predicted lineup:

Alisson Becker; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, Curtis Jones, Cody Gakpo; Luis Diaz.

Manchester United staff information

Marcus Rashford, who has been closely linked with a transfer away from the membership, will miss the on account of sickness.

United do welcome again Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte from suspension. Victor Lindelof, Mason Mount and Luke Shaw are all sidelined by means of harm.

Predicted lineup:

Andre Onana; Lisandro Martinez, Matthijs de Ligt, Harry Maguire; Diogo Dalot, Manuel Ugarte, Kobbie Mainoo, Noussair Mazraoui; Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo; Rasmus Hojlund.

Head-to-head

That is the 216th assembly between English soccer’s fiercest rivals, with Manchester United profitable on 83 events, whereas Liverpool have emerged victorious in 73 of the encounters.

United’s solely win within the final 5 conferences got here within the FA Cup final season in a dramatic 4-3 win at Previous Trafford.

Their final league win was a 2-1 residence win in August 2022 – their solely top-flight success in opposition to the Reds in 13 video games. The final win at Anfield for United was in March 2015, when Juan Mata netted a brace earlier than Daniel Sturridge pulled one again for the house facet.

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