Erik and his Manchester United team do not have the time to reel from their recent shocking defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Chelsea during mid-week, as they have to welcome the EPL title chasers now, Liverpool at the Old Trafford this Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool team is in much better spirits than their upcoming opponents as they survived a second-half scare the same day United went down at the Bridge when Sheffield equalized an early Darwin Nunez goal for two late goals to hand them all 3 points.
United Have Enjoyed Success against Liverpool at Home Recently
While Manchester United’s home form has not been particularly incredible or exemplary, they have found a way to make it just so in games against Jurgen Klopp’s side in recent times beating the Merseyside Reds in their last two meetings at the Theatre of Dreams, one this season in the FA Cup and the other in the league last season.
To underscore just how peculiar United’s upper hand over Liverpool at their home is, one has to take into consideration that United is the 11th-best club in the English Premier League this season at home, a huge difference from the 6th they are in away games.
Erik Ten Hag will have to make sure resting Marcus Rashford against Chelsea was worth it come Sunday or get the likes of Anthony and Garnacho to repeat their great performance against the Blues versus the Reds especially if they would like to keep the 6th position they currently occupy on the league table.
1st-Placed Liverpool Really Want this EPL Title
Liverpool has never really needed a reason to want to win a title. It has been for a long time something they had to do and was expected of them by their mere existence, especially after the arrival of their German gaffer, Jurgen Klopp.
So this season they have already chalked up the EFL Carabao, and are looking forward to adding the Premier League title and the FA Cup title all of which they are very much going strong in.
That is what their 13-game unbeaten run in all competitions screams and for that run to come to an end this Sunday, it would take something very very strong but away from that, if Liverpool ever needed a reason to win the league this season, that it is Klopp’s last season seems a very good reason.
Possible Absentees
Due to either injuries or suspensions, either one of Varane, Shaw, Martinez, Lindelof could miss the Liverpool game for United while the likes of Alisson, Wataru Endo, Trent, Jota, and Robertson could miss the game for Klopp’s side.
Match Stats
Man. United are ranked 12th in goals scored per match (1.4 goals) while Liverpool are ranked 2nd in goals scored per match (2.3 goals) in the EPL this season.
Bruno Fernandes is ranked 3rd in big chances created in the competition (14) while Mohamed Salah is ranked 1st in big chances created in the competition (19). Both players have the most goal contributions for their sides, 11 for Bruno and 25 for Salah.
Liverpool have managed to win in only 4 of their 24 most recent away clashes with Manchester United in all competitions.
You can check out the Man United vs Liverpool game on MSport here:
https://www.msport.com/ng/web/sports/Soccer/England_Premier_League/Man_Utd_vs_Liverpool/sr:match:41763537?k=Liverpool?EMA
