Liverpool welcome Manchester United to Anfield on Sunday looking to move back to the top of the Premier League.Jurgen Klopp’s team are on cloud nine at the moment – they have yet to be beaten in the top-flight this season and this week moved into the knockout stages of the Champions League.2
What the managers are saying
Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool):Manchester United never ever show a lack of ambition. Mourinho is the most successful manager in the world and thats how it is.“Ive never been interested in the points of Manchester United. Im aware of the criticism but we switch off because theres a lot of quality, speed and technique and they have pretty much everything.[David De Gea] in goal. [Marcus] Rashford and [Romelu] Lukaku, [Jesse] Lingard too are unbelievable. We dont judge the points they have, just the quality.Jose Mourinho (Man United):“Of course, they are very confident about themselves.“They are top of the league, they have this feeling of – I know that feeling well – the feeling of the lucky ones where everything goes in your direction.“They know how they beat Everton, they know that the last match, the opening goal was offside, and they know that against Napoli in the last seconds they could be out.“They have this feeling that I also had when my teams were top of the league and it looks like everything goes in your direction.”Team news
The big news once again involves Paul Pogba – with the midfielder left out of the United starting line up.The World Cup winner is on the bench along with Anthony Martial and Juan Mata while Diogo Dalot, Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof have all been passed fit to start.2Confirmed line-ups
Liverpool: Alisson; Clyne, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Keita, Mane, Salah, Firmino.Subs: Mignolet, Moreno, Camacho, Lallana, Henderson, Shaqiri, Sturridge.Man United: De Gea; Dalot, Bailly, Lindelof, Darmian, Herrera, Matic, Rashford, Lingard, Young, Lukaku.Subs: Romero, Bailly, Pogba, Mata, Martial, Valencia, Fellaini.Aymeric Laporte fears personal reasons are behind Didier Deschamps' decision not to call him up to the France squad. The Manchester City defender has been excellent for Pep Guardiola's side
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