Liverpool - Manchester United, Prediction, 17:10
Liverpool - Manchester United, Prediction, 17:10
Liverpool's victory at the top of the Premier League!
Liverpool slipped 5 consecutive victory in all competitions, having reached the turn with a 2: 1 away to Swansea in the last round of the Premier League. Swans took the lead early in the match, but after the break Liverpool showed his usual aggressive and offensive football and came to a complete reversal. The Reds are now 3 points of leaders Manchester City and Arsenal but with a game less.
After this shock series fully expected Jürgen Klopp received the award for best manager in the Premier League for September.
The players of Liverpool scored 18 goals and won 5 of their first 7 games (5-1-1). Attacking their style, however, has its cons, as the team here has cashed 10 hits. And still no clean sheet in the league this season.
Liverpool lost their last 4 matches with Manchester United in the championship of England, but they eliminated in eighth-finals of the Europa League in March.
Manager Jürgen Klopp said: "It will be a very intense match between two good teams. They have great quality and should respect them and do. However, playing "Anfield" and should show that ... Rooney is a scorer and a threat to the opponent. In a long career happen such situations as he fell. From my point of view he is a world class player. Ibrahimovic and Pogba are also world-class. Unfortunately Manchester has a very strong squad. These players know football are experienced and cool at the right times. They can win the game without submitting them to be of the highest caliber. They can always score a goal and win a match. I'm not saying they'll do it, just have a chance to do so. "
It is in great shape Roberto Firmin, Philippe Coutinho and Sadie Manet is expected to lead the attack of the hosts.
The key midfielders Adam Lallana and Zhorzhinyo Vaynaldum are questionable to last.
Manchester United to a bad start last season!
Manchester United is presented to the tides of the season and can not afford to lose more points if it wants to stay close to the leaders in the Premier League.
Reds failed to beat Stoke at "Old Trafford" in the last round of the league and ended 1: 1. A major role in the winning of the guests point, however, had their goalkeeper Lee Grant, who made a series of excellent saves. The hosts missed a bunch of clear chances and were punished in the 82nd minute after a mistake of David de Gea.
Manager with Jose Mourinho was pleased shown by his players: "The good performance of the team so far in the season. Could easily be 6: 0 before the equalizer. We played better even than the game against Leicester. In the first minute, their goalkeeper made two brilliant saves and continue to do so until the end of the match. Personally, I think we performed well. Stoke had come to the point and achieve it with a huge dose of luck, but that's part of football. "
Mourinho may have liked what he saw in the meeting, but that its results are compared with those of Van Gaal does not speak well for their work here. Man Utd garnered 13 points from 7 rounds (4-1-2). This time last campaign Dutchman led the Red Devils had in its assets by 3 points more. Moreover, six of the first seven games this season were against teams from 10th place down.
But at least it has a slight advantage in goals scored, now 13, and last year at this time were 12. The defense, however, made 8 hits compared with last year 5. The current team allowed an average of more than 1 goal per game. And from August since record just one clean sheet in all competitions - against Zorya on "Old Trafford" in a match of the Europa League.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will almost certainly lead the attack guests, supported on the wings by Anthony Marcial and Marcus Rashford.
Captain Wayne Rooney may again be left in reserve, and surprisingly the starting lineup to hit play well in games against Liverpool Marouane Fellaini.