Liverpool-Manchester United is a match valid for the 17th day of the Premier League and is played on Sunday at 5:30pm: TV, lineups, predictions.
The two most successful and prestigious teams in overseas football face each other in the most anticipated match of the day in the Premier League. Liverpool and Manchester United come into it with completely opposite moods. The Reds are first in the standings after taking advantage of Arsenal’s slip at home to Aston Villa and the uninspiring moment of defending champions Manchester City.
A record in any case deserved that of Jurgen Klopp’s team, not the strongest but certainly the most consistent in recent months. If we exclude the two defeats they suffered in the Europa League with Toulouse and Union Saint-Gilloise – with qualification already acquired and with an 11 full of reserves – Liverpool in the Premier hasn’t even lost since September, since that undeserved 2-1 in London with Tottenham, a match marked by a glaring error by the referee and the Var. The standings, however, remain very short at the top and any distraction can be fatal: Arsenal is only one point down, Aston Villa two, and City is also back in the running, needing to recover only three lengths from the top.
Reds specialists in comebacks
Three consecutive victories have strung the Reds together since the draw with City: a week ago came yet another comeback of the season in the away match at Selhurst Park against Crystal Palace, downed in the dying minutes thanks to a goal by Elliott (1-2).
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Critical moment instead for Manchester United, just eliminated from the Champions League and out of any European competition. The Red Devils failed to pull off the feat in the week, losing 1-0 at Old Trafford to already qualified Bayern Munich and remaining last in the group, without even the “parachute” of the Europa League. Now Erik ten Hag is playing for everything in the league: without further distractions, fourth (or fifth) place becomes a must to avert another unsuccessful season. United is fresh from the home drubbing with Bournemouth (0-3): the number of defeats on the season has risen to 12. At Anfield ten Hag will have to do without Maguire and the disqualified Bruno Fernandes. Klopp, on the other hand, is anxious about Mac Allister, struggling with a knee problem.
The Prediction
The last time Manchester United trod the Anfield ground it ended as badly as it could for the Red Devils, overwhelmed 7-0 by Salah and co. A defeat of such proportions is not looming, but it will be really complicated for ten Hag’s team to get out of the “temple” of the Reds, who are better off and should get a comfortable victory.
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likely lineups.
LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konaté, van Dijk, Tsimikas; Szoboszlai, Endo, Gravenberch; Salah, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz.
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-3-3): Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Evans, Varane, Dalot; McTominay, Amrabat, Mainoo; Antony, Hojlund, Rashford.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-0
