Manchester United vs Liverpool LIVE UPDATES: Romelu Lukaku and Mohamed Salah have been in supreme form lately.
Manchester United vs Liverpool LIVE Score: Here is the headline for tonight’s match – Paul Pogba has been ruled out of Manchester United clash. Scott McTominay will start in his place. Marouane Fellaini is on the bench with Jesse Lingard. Marcus Rashford is in the starting XI. For Liverpool, it is Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane in front with Robert Firmino in the middle. Adam Lallana is also on the bench. With Manchester City taking a near-unassailable lead of 16 points at the top of the table, the battle is now for the remaining three places which are crucial for European football. Manchester United are currently second in the table with 62 points, while Liverpool are just two points behind in third. The last time the two teams met, United manager Jose Mourinho was criticised for employing defensive strategies. With the home ground advantage, the pressure is on him to pull out a more attacking unit this time around. United would miss Paul Pogba who has been ruled out with an injury.
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Manchester United vs Liverpool LIVE SCORE and Live Streaming:
Two minutes of added time in the first half. Can Liverpool create something in the extra time. Meanwhile, Mourinho is still writing something in his little diary. What is he writing?
With three minutes of regulation time to go in the first half, Liverpool are keeping the possession with themselves in the hopes of scoring one before the whistle. But so far, United's defence has been almost unbreachable. Meanwhile, a corner to Liverpool in 44' minute.
CHANCE! Juan Mata tries a Wayne-Rooney style's overhead kick from Alexis Sanchez' pass but he missed the target by a whisker. Meanwhile, where is Liverpool defence? Probably they are sleeping on the field! No one saw Mata's run inside the box and he was on-side, one-on-one with Karius. Klopp needs to mend his defence.
35' Yellow card to Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain for his tackle on Scott McTominay. He knew it was a push and no complaints from the Liverpool midfielder. It is the first yellow card in the match and the referee was quick to give it out. Telling the players he would not tolerate any non sense.
What a pass from Alexis Sanchez to Juan Mata who flicked it to Romelu Lukaku. He tried to push the ball inside the box back to Sanchez but Liverpool's defender was quick to cover him. ALMOST!
Liverpool are desperate to create something out of nothing. They are getting the ball inside the net and trying to score something from set pieces and they almost did. A shot on target required David de Gea to be alert and the ball landed in his safe hands. MUN 2-0 LIV
GOALLLL! Marcus Rashford scores another!! Long ball from David De Gea, Lukaku put it inside the box, Mata took the shot which was deflected back to Rashford who put it inside the net. MUN 2-0 LIV. Marcus Rashford is silencing his critics at the moment.
Corner to Liverpool. James Milner took the corner and put the ball inside the box. Nemanja Matic failed to realise the run from Virgil Van Dijk who took the corner but it went away.
Both teams are starting to create chances at the moments. Liverpool found the ball inside United's box but Eric Bailly was alert to clear the danger. United then counter-attacked and got inside the opponent's box but Dejan Lovren was quick to take care of the danger. Rashford and Lukaku are looking dangerous.
GOALLLL! GOALLLL!! Screamer from Marcus Rashford. A little headed touch to keep control, dribbled past Alexander Arnold and then kicked it inside the net. His first goal since Christmas. MUN 1-0 LIV.
Good long pass from David De Gea which was headed backwards by Romelu Lukaku and Rashford was quick to take control. 15' MUN 1-0 LIV
Liverpool finally made it inside the box with defensive error from Manchester United. But Chris Smalling was quick to realise the danger and he shoved the ball away . Corner to Liverpool.
Terrible corner from Virgil Van Dijk! The ball went to the other corner. 14 minutes down, MUN 0-0 LIV
It has been a slow start from both the teams as Manchester United are finding it hard to keep the possession while Liverpool are struggling to make anything with the ball at the moment. Jose Mourinho is writing his notes by the way and we can only wonder what he is scribbling in his little notebook.
Cautious start from Manchester United and they are happy at the moment letting the ball in their own half. Liverpool keeping the possession right now. ANd it seems like Mourinho is "parking the bus"!
HERE WE GO! Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata sets the ball rolling and the match is on. Remember - there is no Paul Pogba tonight but United's hero against Crystal Palace Nemanja Matic is in the middle with Scott McTominay. Juan Mata is starting as well.
Manchester United and Liverpool players are coming on the field now. We are minutes away from kickoff at Old Trafford. The crowd is jam-packed as expected and Manchester United fans are roaring in numbers at the moment. Liverpool will look to wipe those smiles off those faces tonight.
Surprisingly, even Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is wary of Juan Mata's presence in the middle tonight.
"United is a group of unbelievably strong players. Mata is on the pitch, and he can change the game completely. Rashford’s speed on the wing changes the game a little bit. Lukaku is always a threat. We have to be really strong with and without the ball. I have tried to find a good set-up for this game, a good mixture."
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has spoken to Sky Sports and he expects midfielder Juan Mata to be the game changer. “Juan Mata offers experience, and has the capacity to move into areas where he can connect our game, because he is very intelligent. Liverpool are a very strong team in fast counter attack, in transition, so the more times we lose the ball, the more chances they have for that transition."He also speaks on Paul Pogba: "We want to win the game. Paul Pogba is injured, yesterday in training. He was in an unlucky situation. I really don’t know when he is back.”
Manchester United's team is in the house. So are Liverpool players! As Sherlock Holmes would say, "The game is afoot!"
Here is the Liverpool line-up for the Manchester United clash: Emre Can in the middle with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah in front with Robert Firmino. Adam Lallana on the bench. That is a dangerous offensive unit.
Here is the Manchester United team line up: Scott McTominay in the middle with Nemanja Matic. Marcus Rashford is in for Jesse Lingard. Marouane Fellaini is on the bench. No Anthony Martial or Paul Pogba tonight.
With the match just an hour away from kickoff, the loyal fans from both parts of the town are starting to gather in numbers to witness the big clash. The heat is on as there is clear tensions on the faces and we will surely see some chanting in the crowd tonight as one of the teams will take home the bragging rights.
Paul Pogba's bad period continues as he has been ruled out of from the crucial clash against Liverpool. He failed to complete the training session due to injury. With him gone, Jose Mourinho is likely to employ the experienced Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera or inexperienced Scott McTominay in his place.
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