You could drive a bus through the holes in that team
FA Premier League
Liverpool 0:0 Manchester United
Anfield
- Kick-off
- Sun, 17 January 2021 @ 4:30pm GMT
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Discussion Your Lineup Prediction
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DDG
AWB Bailly Maguire Shaw
McT Fred
Rashford Bruno Pogba
Cavani
Let’s get at these, especially if Williams or Henderson are playing CB for them. Be vigilant but attack hard too.Is Diallo in the squad?
Ole hinted in his presser that Diallo would be included in the squad, but there was no confirmation.
We won't know until the bus leaves for Anfield.
OK cheers. Would be great if was on the bench.Not expecting much as we’ve not beaten any of other big six sides in league of cup since City last season (might not have even scored from open play since then either). Seem to have run out of ideas in these games but hopefully it’s not the case tomorrow.Bricking it now.DDG
AWB
Bailly
Maguire
Shaw
McTominay
Fred
Bruno
Pogba
Rashford
CavaniWe need to make sure we can switch the play quickly to overcome their press. We need good distribution out from the middle to wide areas, and wan bissaka needs to have the confidence to push past his man. I worry we'll go 5 at the back and use telles or williams to create that width. Hopefully we can play with pogba and fernandes as wide forwards that drift across as needed. Maybe have rashford and martial split the full backs to stretch them.
Otherwise we face the issue of being pushed back on the left hand side.I think it would be a mistake not to play Rashford off the left where he can make those devastating out to in runs. He has the beating of TAA all day long for me.
I hope to see the same back four as against Burnley, a midfield of McTominay and Fred, with Pogba in the number 10 position.
Up front, I'd go with the pace of Rashford and Greenwood from the left and right flanks respectively, with Bruno in a false 9 role. He already plays that high most games, and I think him and Pogba getting on those balls in those spaces in front of the Liverpool defence could cause them a lot of problems.
The key is how often we can get the ball to Pogba and Bruno in those pockets, with time to turn and release Rashford and Greenwood. If we pick our moments, I can see a first half resembling our counter attacking play against City at the Etihad in 2019, but with hopefully more control. If we take our chances, I think we'll have a really good chance.These cnuts are gonna give us a reality check the same way City did. 3-0 Liverpool.Predicting a draw with both teams too afraid of defeat to push the boat outJust don't do stupid stuff like playing Rashford in RW or going for some crazy formations with 3 at back and all.
Never works.Nailed on Liverpool victory, unfortunately.
Would love to be proved wrongLiverpool's last league defeat was April 2017, and our performance in bigger games haven't been all that great since covid. Call it a hunch but I think this is unfortunately where our fairy tale ends and we're given a reality check.
Wouldn't mind this being quoted and ridiculed with a bunch of green smiley responses if we do win tomorrow.
That's the formation and players I think we'll play.
I disagree. Nothing about this game is nailed on.
None of the possible results would surprise me.
Hoping for a win, would gladly take a draw.
I'd agree with you on this; it's tempting to play Rasford on the right in order maintain some width, but it robs us of the opportunity to use his pace to attack Fabinho's CB partner, which I feel is our best chance to win this game. I am however concerned about the midfield diamond's lack of width, and the possibility of Liverpool's fullbacks running riot. So I think your idea of Bruno as a false nine with Rashford and Greenwood high and wide is a good compromise. The question is whether Ole will start Greenwood when his form has been hit and miss this season, but I do think it's the best solution.
You’re ruining @Crustanoid ’s reverse jinx!
Cease and desist immediately!
I’m guessing 1-0 win for L’PoolIf it's up to me, I'd go:
DDG
AWB Bailly Maguire Shaw
Fred McT
Rashford Bruno Martial
Cavani
I have a strong feeling he’ll be scoring one tomorrow. Even if he doesn’t start.
Does feel he is closer to the first team than PellestriDon't get too high or too low regardless of tomorrow's result. It's always a great feeling when playing meaningful matches, especially when it's against a rival and both clubs are battling at the top of the table at the moment.
Liverpool should be sharper playing at home, they have a tremendous home record the past couple of years, and most importantly, they feel threatened.
Hoping for a positive result tomorrow then a testy match against Fulham to mark the official halfway point of the season.Big day today
Cheers
I think the person you quoted means Cavani. Not Diallo, who is from the ivory Coast.Rashford Bruno James
Fred McT Pogba
Shaw Bailly Maguire AWB
De Gea
Yes, Bruno false 9. You heard it here first.We have been improving but I dont yet think enough to win at Anfield in the league.It's so obvious we will lose this, not even close!! Liverpool will smash us 5-0.This is the team that started at anfield last season:
D De Gea
V Lindelöf
H Maguire (c)
L Shaw
A Wan-Bissaka
Fred
N Matic
B Williams
A Pereira
D James
A Martial
There was absolutely no goals in that team apart from martial who missed a good chance. We simply dint have the squad or team to attack Liverpool and Ole knew this. Also Liverpool had their full team that way and they deserved the win.
Moving to todays game the whole squad is different and more importantly we now have a lot of goal scorers in the team and on the bench.
I am certain ole will play without the ball . I think we can keep Liverpool out and hurt them on the counter. This would be my team
De gea
Wan bissaka
Bailly
Maguire
Shaw
Fred
Mctominay
Pogba
Bruno
Martial
Rashford
Subs
Cavani
Greenwood
Van de Beek
Telles
James
That's a tight bench with people who can come on and change the game or help deploy a new system. I am quiet confident on this one. Liverpool are not what everyone thinks they are. They won the league when literally everyteam was in transition and city who were their main rivals had injuries. They also were lucky in a sense that they played the same team week in week out without going through any injuries.
I feel teams have figured Liverpool out and they don't have many other different systems to switch to if their plan A is not working. I have never seen Klopp going 3 at the back or a 4-4-2. He simpler relies on his front 3 and a very functional midfield to pull him out. It will be interesting to see how he adjusts when he faces a pure counter attacking side like United.
With all being said this is my prediction.
0-1 bruno ( penalty 95')
Anfield without fans is not the same. We have the advantage
Yep! Fulham is the game we need to 100% win, any result today is a big bonus.
Keane is going to need to be on form.
I think it'll be Rashford on the right. He'll want to play Pogba given his recent form, but I don't think he'll want him in CM. Fine with that really.3-0 up after 24 minutes only to be pegged back to 3-2 before HT.
Razor to grab a point with 10 to go.I am worried.
We'll be lucky to be only 3 down by HT.We’ll start with a defensive setup I think, we won’t risk getting smashed. That said, I won’t be surprised to see Pogba start, maybe Pogba-Fred in the middle?
I don’t think Liverpool will go gung ho into this one either as they’ve arguably more to lose.- Status
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Score Predictions
157,79,83
- Man Utd win
- Liverpool win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 26% Liverpool 1:2 Man Utd
- 18% Liverpool 1:1 Man Utd
- 8% Liverpool 2:1 Man Utd
- 8% Liverpool 2:0 Man Utd
- 6% Liverpool 0:2 Man Utd
- 5% Liverpool 0:1 Man Utd
- 5% Liverpool 0:0 Man Utd
- 5% Liverpool 1:3 Man Utd
- 4% Liverpool 3:1 Man Utd
- 3% Liverpool 2:2 Man Utd
- 2% Liverpool 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Liverpool 3:0 Man Utd
- 2% Liverpool 2:3 Man Utd
- 2% Liverpool 0:3 Man Utd
- 1% Liverpool 1:4 Man Utd
- 1% Liverpool 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Liverpool 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 4:1 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 5:1 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 3:4 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Liverpool
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 66% 34%
- Shots
- 17 8
- Shots on Target
- 3 4
- Corners
- 7 3
- Fouls
- 15 6
Referee
Paul Tierney
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Mason Greenwood
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replaced by Edinson Cavani
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