Manchester United vs Liverpool: Repeat or revenge on Sunday? Watch crunch game live on Sky Sports | Football News

Liverpool return to Previous Trafford on Sunday with revenge on their thoughts, figuring out something wanting a win will not be sufficient as Manchester United look to derail their fiercest rivals’ Premier League title problem.

These two golf equipment threw up considered one of the games of the season in the FA Cup last month. United gained in essentially the most dramatic of circumstances to place an finish to Jurgen Klopp’s quadruple ambitions and preserve their season alive.

On Sunday, Sky Sports activities brings you the newest version of this rivalry with Erik ten Hag combating for his future and Premier League leaders Liverpool hoping to provide their supervisor the proper send-off in his closing season.

Take a look at our unique interviews, options and evaluation under forward of Sunday’s crunch recreation at Previous Trafford, stay on Sky Sports activities, with kick-off at 3.30pm….

Ten Hag has ‘no doubts’ he will stay as Man Utd boss

A defiant Erik ten Hag has insisted he has “no doubts” he’ll nonetheless be Manchester United’s supervisor subsequent season forward of Sunday’s recreation.

The United boss, who stated per week in the past that he “doesn’t care” about hypothesis linking United with England coach Gareth Southgate, has reiterated within the wake of Thursday’s shattering defeat at Chelsea he nonetheless expects to stay at Previous Trafford subsequent season.

“I haven’t got any doubts,” Ten Hag informed Sky Sports activities. “I am simply specializing in my job, specializing in this course of, on this challenge. I actually like to be right here, I am having fun with it. For me it is a problem.”

Sky Sports activities Information reported on the finish of March that United haven’t made a definitive resolution over Ten Hag’s future and are planning for subsequent season with him, together with potential recruitments and summer time tour plans.

Read more from Sky Sports’ exclusive interview with Ten Hag here.

Klopp: We should right errors from cup defeat

Jurgen Klopp has gained simply twice and drawn 4 of his 10 visits to Previous Trafford as Liverpool supervisor, whereas considered one of his 4 defeats got here in dramatic fashion in the FA Cup final month as their quadruple desires ended.

Klopp is aware of his facet must right the errors they made in that 4-3 defeat in the event that they wish to preserve their benefit within the Premier League title race, saying: “We have been actually good that day however we did not end the conditions off.

“Additional-time was an excessive amount of for us and we could not keep away from the errors. It was the day we could not management it anymore.

“United turned the sport round and United is a prime facet enjoying at dwelling. What we now have to do is what we did from minute 15 to 70-something.

“Soccer will not be that simple. Now we have to discover a solution to trigger United issues. They may strive the identical.

“In opposition to this opponent, on this stadium, we higher play a very good recreation if we would like one thing from it.”

Ten Hag: Gamers shall be ‘indignant’

Erik ten Hag warned Liverpool that United shall be “indignant” after their capitulation against Chelsea on Thursday, saying: “We’ll preserve combating.”

The Dutchman stated. “Now we have character. I am positive they are going to be there on Sunday to be within the combat towards Liverpool.

“Now we have qualities. Now we have some nice gamers. We are able to play very excessive requirements. Now we have seen towards Liverpool, we will compete with the perfect and beat the perfect groups within the Premier League.

“However we have to learn the way you win video games. We have to make higher selections individually and as a group.

“Now we have to get better very fast. Now we have to show this round. We shall be indignant and you’ll take a number of vitality. That’s the approach we now have to do it.”

Ten Hag additionally had a message for United followers, saying: “Be behind Manchester United. Assist us in a optimistic approach.

“There’s a incredible bond between the group and the followers. Now we have seen within the recreation towards Liverpool, we will have togetherness on a optimistic approach on the pitch.”

Why comeback wins are Liverpool’s new speciality

Liverpool are making comebacks their factor. Seven instances the Reds have fallen behind this season solely to finish the sport triumphant, the newest coming towards Brighton final weekend.

It is acquired a whiff of ‘champion’s credentials’. This new-found, or rediscovered defiance, which has its roots in Jurgen Klopp’s refusal to give up, will serve them properly as this enthralling title race meanders and zigzags in unpredictable instructions.

Liverpool at their greatest have all the time been daring underneath Klopp. They’ve gained the whole lot the membership recreation has to supply. However this closing farewell, earlier than the German takes his emotional go away after 9 years in cost at Anfield, has a unique really feel about it.

Whereas the theme is constant, the strategies should not. The blueprint is diversified. And these should not cluster comebacks, there’s proof of Liverpool falling behind in most months this season earlier than staging a fightback to assert victory – 21 factors gained from dropping positions.

What’s driving such an upturn? Read Laura Hunter’s feature here.

Ten Hag unwilling to face actuality – United’s defence is an issue

United could also be sixth within the Premier League however there’s one space by which they prepared the ground.

Remarkably, the 13-time Premier League winners have conceded extra photographs on aim than every other facet in Europe’s top-five leagues in 2024.

Maybe much more remarkably, Ten Hag insists it’s not a problem, dismissing questions over the benefit at which opponents are attacking United’s aim as “ridiculous” – minutes after seeing his facet concede 4 to mid-table Chelsea.

“We ranked fourth for targets conceded earlier than tonight,” stated Ten Hag. “We’re good, and we now have good defending as a group and an excellent goalkeeper, so I can’t do nothing.”

Maybe Ten Hag is not one for statistics – or maybe he merely needs to disregard them, given they make ugly studying for his facet.

United might have the fifth-best defence within the Premier League when it comes to targets conceded however their anticipated targets conceded numbers rank them as one of many worst within the prime flight.

Have been it not for Andre Onana – who has conceded three fewer targets than anticipated primarily based on Opta’s information – then United can be in much more bother.

Much more worrying for United is the truth that Liverpool rank first within the Premier League for each anticipated targets and photographs per 90 this season. Onana may very well be in for a busy Sunday afternoon.

The Essential Football Podcast: Is Man Utd vs Liverpool ‘must-win’ for both sides?

Sky Sports activities journalists Ron Walker, Peter Smith and Richard Morgan talk about the large conflict between Man Utd and Liverpool at Previous Trafford, and contemplate whether or not each side should win the sport because the Premier League season edges in direction of its conclusion.

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Salah: We all know how a lot Man Utd wish to cease us profitable title

Mohamed Salah has informed Sky Sports activities Liverpool should win each recreation to assert the Premier League title and is aware of how a lot Manchester United will wish to cease them from profitable the league.

Hojlund: Scoring towards Liverpool can be unimaginable!

Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund says it might really feel unimaginable to attain towards Liverpool.

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Sky Sports activities’ tipster Lewis Jones:

Somebody goes to provide Manchester United an excellent spanking earlier than the season is out.

Step ahead Liverpool?

United may very well be with out 4 senior central defenders by way of harm, that means Harry Maguire and Willy Kambwala, protected by the clunky Casemiro, may very well be the resistance United supply as much as a Liverpool assault that has scored three or extra targets in seven of their final 11 Premier League video games. United are heading into battle with a protect manufactured from poppadums and an underlying course of which is changing into fairly laughable.

They’ve confronted essentially the most photographs within the Premier League in 2024 (225) – it is also essentially the most photographs confronted of any group in Europe’s main leagues. The corners conceded numbers additionally stay uncontrolled, transport 101 of their final 10 Premier League video games – once more, essentially the most of any Premier League group.

For context, Liverpool have conceded simply 34 of their final 11 video games. The markets have lastly reacted to those numbers with the Liverpool nook line set at eight or extra right here at 5/4 with Sky Bet which is a bit shorter than ultimate however nonetheless ought to be a guess that lands in what may very well be a landslide of an away win.

SCORE PREDICTION: 1-6

Watch Man Utd vs Liverpool on Sunday, stay on Sky Sports activities Predominant Occasion and Premier League from 2.30pm; kick-off 3.30pm.

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