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Manchester United vs Liverpool remains the biggest rivalry in English football, every fixture as pulsating as ever, there is hardly a dull match when this two clubs meet. This season 1st leg in the Premeir League promises to be just as exhilarating, with the inaugration of Arne Slot as manager after Jurgen Klopp left last season, Liverpool have been in good form winning their two opening fixtures in the league and playing good football. United on the other hand won 1 and lost another away at Brighton who are starting to become a thorn to United, Erik Ten Hag's team is much changed from last season, the perfomance in the last two games has been good but some problems from last season like missing clear chances and poor defending seem to be resurfacing this early in the season, the dutchman's team is less erratic, with the manager choosing a clear 4-2-4 formation in press and 3-1-6 formation in attack, United's press has gone through massive changes the large patches of space in midfield which were a mainstay last season are less prominent and the attack very sharp and alert, fashioning chances which were unfortunately not finished resulting in the unnecessary pressure they face this early in the season. Since Sir Alex retired back in 2014, United have gone through a fast declining and are still struggling to get back to the pinnacle of English football. In their last 14 fixtures in all competitions against the team from Merseyside, United have won 3, drawn 5 and lost 6 with some scorelines no United fan would like to remember. In this new era spearheaded by INEOS, hopefully the tables will turn.
Liverpool LINE UP And Possible Style Of Play
The Liverpool team has experienced little changes since Slott's takeover mainly the introduction Diogo Jota as the sole center forward, Gravenberch playing alongside Mac Allister in defensive midfield and Quansah replaced by Konate in the starting line-up on Matchweek 2, the rest are the usual suspects. Due to Liverpool having a new manager it will be difficult to guess exactly what they would do, whether it would be the usual massive press and overlapping of full backs in attack used by Klopp or Slott will prefer something different, we shall see on Sunday.
Manchester United LINE UP And Possible Style Of Play
Manchester United Team on the other hand is as everchanging with injuries still persisting, as mentioned aboved, Ten Hag has since favored a 4-2-4 formation since it helped him win the FA Cup against City last season, the back four include Dalot in LB, Martinez in LCB, Maguire in RCB and Mazraoui in RCB, the midfield two are Mainoo and Casemiro, and the front four made up of Rashford starting from the left, Amad from the right with Fernandes and Mount pushing from the center. When in possesion Ten Hag's teams morphs into a 3-1-6, with Casemiro joining Martinez and Maguire making up the back 3, Mainoo standing sole in midfield and the remaining 6 players all joining the front line. However considering the injury to Mason Mount, Zirkzee looks set to start and possibly Garnacho might be brought in for either one of Rashford and Amad, which ever way it goes, tomorrow's fixture promises to be a classic.
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