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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has been speaking after the defeat at Old Trafford: "We weren't able to control their strengths. We were aware of them in terms of set-pieces and counter-attacks. You have to know where to lose the ball if you play against Manchester United, they are really strong when they play into the middle. They have so many fast players. Bruno Fernandes to hurt you in transition, and that's exactly what happened with the second goal.
"We were 2-0 down, we came back in the second-half to 2-2, but then we shut off and immediately conceded the goal. We had a lot of ball possession in the second half, but one of their strengths is also defending."
On whether there were familiar problems: "I don't think anyone expected us to lose that game at 2-2, or maybe you do after the whole of our season. As I've been shown so many times this season, when we are playing well or we think we are able to win it, we switch off.
"I know what we can improve on and we are already working hard on this. The same issues keep coming back, which isn't a huge surprise as you don't have long to fix it during the season. Tactically you can change certain things, but for me it is clear where we have to improve - and we will."
On the potential handball from Benjamin Sesko: "If it was a touch, it should've been disallowed. I want to focus on how we conceded that second goal though, because that's where we can do better."
Liverpool goalscorer Dominik Szoboszlai has also been speaking to Sky Sports: "It's not good. We go home with zero points. After the first half, we shouldn't be happy at all. We should be who we were at the start of the second half.
"You concede from a set piece. You talk about counter-attacks and that's how the second goal happened. We have to focus more and look at the details.
"I don't focus on next season. I focus on these three games. We want Champions League next season because we belong there, but we'll see what happens in the future."
On whether he is a leader on the pitch: "You have to ask the players that. I try to do my best and hopefully set an example day-by-day. We have a lot of players who can set example and I try to be one of them, and if it works I'm happy."
Did you know?
Liverpool suffered their 18th defeat of the season in all competitions. They have only lost more times in a single campaign on three occasions since being promoted to the top flight in 1962; 1992-93 (20), 2004-05 (19) and 2009-10 (19).
The Reds have conceded 17 goals from set pieces in the Premier League this season. It is the most they have ever conceded in a single campaign in the competition, overtaking 16 in 1992-93
Cody Gakpo has scored five goals in four Premier League starts against Manchester United, his most against any opponent in the competition.
Aadam Patel
Liverpool reporter at Old Trafford
Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool and boss Arne Slot can point to their injury problems - and they were far from full strength here - but there can be no excuses for their feeble first-half display, which left them two goals behind and with a mountain to climb.
Slot has spoken so often about the importance of the first goal in a game, yet for the 21st time in 54 matches this season Liverpool conceded the opener.
And only against Arsenal (2) in August 2025 have Liverpool had fewer touches in the opposition box in the first half of a league game under Slot than the four they managed at Old Trafford.
The sheer lack of fight, initially, was glaring to see.
Yet the character and quality they showed after the break to score twice in nine minutes was impressive - and it was evidence that this team does have something about them.
Manchester United were guilty of gifting the visitors - but Liverpool, lacking a centre-forward after Alexander Isak was ruled out with a minor groin injury, were still clinical.
Liverpool's player of the season Dominik Szoboszlai scored a brilliant individual goal - one that the onlooking Ian Rush, Kenny Dalglish and Mohamed Salah would all have been proud of - before Cody Gakpo punished Senne Lammens' error.
In the grand scheme of things, without two goalkeepers, two strikers and a bench filled with youngsters, a draw at Old Trafford would have been a point gained rather than two dropped.
But Liverpool were the architects of their own downfall again, when Alexis Mac Allister made a woeful attempt to clear his lines and was made to pay by Kobbie Mainoo.
Liverpool should still secure Champions League football for next season over the coming weeks but, yet again, the barrage of problems they have were laid bare.
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Matheus Cunha returns to the Manchester United side as Michael Carrick makes one change from the victory over Brentford.
Amad drops to the bench, with teenager Shea Lacey missing out altogether as another youngster Ayden Heaven starts alongside Harry Maguire, with Lisandro Martinez completing his three-match suspension.
Manchester United XI: Lammens, Dalot, Maguire, Heaven, Shaw, Casemiro, Mainoo, Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes, Cunha, Sesko.
Substitutes: Bayindir, Mazraoui, Mount, Zirkzee, Malacia, Dorgu, Yoro, Amad, Ugarte.
There's no Alexander Isak for Liverpool. He's out with a minor groin issue but is expected to play again before the end of the season.
Freddie Woodman starts in goal again and it's a pretty young bench that features 18-year-old centre-back Mor Talla Ndiaye for the first time.
Liverpool XI: Woodman, Jones; Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Frimpong, Gakpo, Wirtz.
Substitutes: Pecsi, Gomez, Kerkez, Chiesa, Nyoni, Morrison, Ngumoha, Ndiaye, Wright.
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Apart from the future of both managers, it doesn't feel like many people are talking much about either club here, which feels odd before such a grudge match between two old rivals.
It's impossible to predict how this one will turn out. Manchester United were lucky to edge past Brentford on Monday, while Liverpool got a good win over Crystal Palace to take a bit of heat off Arne Slot.
Bruno Fernandes has had an outstanding season for United and Liverpool will need to stop the Portuguese Pied Piper from leading them a merry dance.
It looks like no Mohamed Salah for Liverpool, after he went off injured against the Eagles, but Alexander Isak scoring in that game felt big for him and Liverpool, after such a stop-start campaign.
It could be that an individual - either Bruno or Isak - steps up again to win the game for their team but I am going for an entertaining draw.
Sutton's prediction: 2-2
Chloe Bloxam
Fan contributor
It is Manchester United v Liverpool at Old Trafford this weekend, a massive game for many reasons - rivalry and also history between the two football clubs - but this time it feels closer than it has been in the past couple of years.
It feels like, in the past couple of years, Liverpool have been the superior side with the better players and management but, as it stands, United are three points clear of Liverpool in third place in the Premier League.
They're doing very well under Michael Carrick and it's always tough to go to Old Trafford even if we have had some really good results - 3-0 and 5-0 - in the past few years.
United will be really up for it. They’ll be harder to break down and harder to play against. They’ll have more structure to how they play.
Saying that, I did see how they played against Brentford and, honestly, that game could have ended 3-3 or 2-2.
There are weaknesses there for Liverpool to really go and attack, but Liverpool have to put them to the sword - they have to be clinical when they need to be. And it's whether Liverpool can do that.
Liverpool are on a decent run of form, especially in terms of getting the results, and have had a little bit of a boost in morale. But we’re going to need to be absolutely brilliant on Sunday because United will create a really good atmosphere and be prepared to take on this Liverpool side.
And in Carrick, there is definitely a person there who knows what rivalry in this fixture means because he's played in it.
I expect their team to be fully bought in to beating Liverpool, who are weakened without Mo Salah - who loves a goal against United - and also by not being able to bounce back this season when things have gone against them. United will try to latch on to things like that.
Liverpool have got to play their way and not get dragged into the way United want to play.
We've got to be focused and switched on from the first moment and, hopefully, come away with three big points that will put us above them on goal difference. A big, tough game for Liverpool.
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Chris Adams
BBC Sport journalist
Manchester United take on Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday (15:30 BST) in what is the 186th league meeting between England's two most successful clubs.
With four games to go, just three points separate United in third and Liverpool in fourth. A win for Michael Carrick's side will make Champions League football next season a certainty.
Neither side has mounted a serious title challenge, but the Red Devils hierarchy might be wondering what could have been had they appointed Carrick sooner.
Since the Englishman returned to the hotseat in mid-January, United have won nine of their 13 league games (including six out of seven at home) and top the overall form table for that timeframe.
After supplying Benjamin Sesko for United's second against Brentford on Monday, Bruno Fernandes is now just one shy of equalling Thierry Henry and Kevin de Bruyne's record of 20 Premier League assists in a season.
Classy Casemiro will be hard to replace
Fernandes' midfield colleagues, Casemiro and Kobbie Mainoo, also shone against the Bees. Those two players face very different futures, however, with Mainoo signing a new contract this week and Casemiro leaving at the end of the season.
The Brazilian got United's first against Brentford to take his league tally for the season to nine (he was briefly United's joint top scorer until Sesko edged ahead).
Aside from losing his vast experience and leadership qualities, the 34-year-old's aerial ability in the opposition box is unmatched among midfield players. Since making his United debut in August 2022, only centre-forwards Erling Haaland (18), Ollie Watkins (16) and Chris Wood (13) have scored more headers in England's top tier than Casemiro.
Reds chasing Champions League slot
Liverpool make the short trip across the M62 having won three league games on the bounce as they look to secure Champions League qualification for the ninth time in 10 seasons. Five points from their remaining games will guarantee just that.
It is a journey that has been a pleasant one for the Merseyside club in recent seasons - the Reds have won three of their past five league away games at Old Trafford, as many as in their previous 18 visits.
The departing Mohamed Salah has proven to be a constant thorn in United's side over the years, but it looks like a minor muscle injury sustained in the win over Crystal Palace last week will deprive him of one last chance to add to his 13 Premier League goals against Liverpool's bitter rivals – more than any other player in the competition's history.
Looking to life after Salah – with Hugo Ekitike sidelined for several months after rupturing his Achilles tendon – head coach Arne Slot will be hoping Alexander Isak's first Anfield goal, which came against Palace, gives the Sweden striker a timely morale boost.
Isak returned to action this month after breaking his fibula in December and has started just eight games since his British record £125m switch from Newcastle United in September. His next start will be his 100th in England's top flight.
Despite a 2-1 defeat in the reverse meeting in October, Liverpool's recent form against their old foes is generally very good – not since 2015-16 have Sunday's hosts done the league double in this fixture. In fact, the Reds have lost just three of their past 19 league games against United (won seven, drawn nine).
Aadam Patel
Liverpool reporter
Image source, Getty ImagesArne Slot confirmed on Friday that Mohamed Salah is expected to return to Liverpool action before the end of the season and his departure, after sustaining a minor muscle injury.
However, Liverpool will head to Old Trafford this weekend without the man who has a formidable record against Manchester United.
The Reds will need others to take responsibility - and the focus will intensify on Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak when they take on United, Chelsea and Aston Villa over the next fortnight.
Both of the summer signings, who cost a combined £241m, scored against Crystal Palace last time out, but Isak is yet to complete 90 minutes as a Liverpool player and Wirtz is still awaiting a statement performance for the club.
The Germany international is yet to score or provide an assist against any of the Premier League teams currently occupying the European places but, when that was put to Slot on Friday, he insisted it is a "coincidence" and he is "100% sure" Wirtz will start delivering in the bigger games.
His tally of seven goals and 10 assists this season is certainly no room for major concern but Wirtz, who turns 23 on Sunday, would be the first to admit he must do better.
"The development Florian has made in his Liverpool career is so clear and obvious," said Slot.
"In the 93rd minute against Crystal Palace, making a duel on the sideline, winning a throw-in, and then making a sprint from 40 yards and hitting the ball in the top corner - that is something I'm not completely convinced he could do eight months ago.
"His improvement - and he was already an elite player - will only continue. He is only 22, so that makes complete sense. Almost every player in the world is at his best when he is 25 or 26, but he is already an elite player and he can only become better.
"That is the beauty of the signings we made last summer. All of them are of a certain age where we can only expect them to get better."
Liverpool boss Arne Slot expects Mohamed Salah to be back for the final part of the season, although the forward has been ruled out of their trip to Manchester United on Sunday.
Holly Bacon
BBC Sport journalist
Liverpool boss Arne Slot has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Manchester United at Old Trafford (kick-off 15:30 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Slot said Mo Salah has a "minor injury" and will be back for the final part of the season but not in time for Sunday. He added: "It is a big relief that his injury is minor and he is able to play for us and at the World Cup. If a player deserves a big send off then it is Mo."
The Liverpool boss said Alisson Becker is "close" to training with the group but has not done so yet. He did say there a difference between an outfield player and goalkeeper in terms of coming back - that "players need to run much more than goalkeepers do" and that [with outfield players] "it's usually that the fitness levels are not at the intensity required for the Premier League".
Slot believes his team can be "at a much higher level" than they have been in their past three games, which they won. He added: "We've shown already that we can play much better but in many of these games we were very unlucky with the outcome. In the last three games, I wouldn't say we didn't deserve to win but we were more lucky than we've ever been this season."
He added: "This team is capable of much more but it would be helpful if everyone is available once in a while and that hasn't been the situation throughout the whole season. It's very extreme at the moment the amount of players we have missing."
The Liverpool boss admitted that converting chances is not something they have done very well this season and said "one of the players that we thought could score a lot of goals for us [Alexander Isak] has hardly been available".
On the possibility that he will add to his backroom staff this summer, Slot said: "We all know we've lost a member of staff during the season. We parted ways [with Aaron Briggs] so I think it makes complete sense for this club if someone is leaving in a certain department that you are looking at a replacement."
In the short time Florian Wirtz has been at the club, Slot said the development he has made is "clear" and that he is "already an elite player but he can only become better". He added: "That's the beauty of the signings we made last summer. All of them are at a certain age where we can only expect them to become better as long as they don't get injured."
On facing Manchester United, Slot said: "We are aware of the fact it's a very big game, not only because we play Manchester United but also to qualify for Champions League and to get the highest possible finish in the league table. We know how important it is to qualify for the Champions League for any club but definitely for our club."
He said United were better than their league position suggested last season and have become "more consistent, especially under Michael Carrick" in their results.
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On the change under Arne Slot, Nelson-Joyce said: "I think the thing is for Liverpool fans, for nine years we saw us going into everything 100 per cent, 100 miles an hour and I think even Jurgen Klopp on the sidelines was always up, going for it.
"It has taken some getting used to how we are playing now - it's a bit monotonous.
"We haven't really got a style of play. Slot doesn't really have that thing - this isn't me digging on him - but he hasn't got that thing Klopp had, getting the fans and the crowd going."
Wayne Rooney added: "Klopp was the only Liverpool manager I've looked at and thought 'I'd love to play for him' - obviously not for Liverpool but for him as a manager.
"Slot maybe hasn't got the aura [of Klopp] which could be a good thing or a bad thing."
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The Redmen TV's Ste Plunkett believes it would be the wrong time for Alisson Becker to leave Liverpool, with the goalkeeper linked with a move this summer.
He told BBC Radio Merseyside: "It's too many players going out the door. You're losing Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson and potentially Alisson.
"There's three of the lads who've been there and done it, got the t-shirt and will always be part of that leadership group they talk about so often.
"To lose all three in a summer, I think would be a real setback.
"I think it's too soon. The only caveat you could put on that is he does struggle to stay fit these days and obviously won't be on little amounts of money."
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Mohamed Salah could spurn the Saudi Pro League this summer and the Egyptian could instead sign for Turkish side Fenerbahce. (A Spor - in Turkish, external)
Juventus are interested in goalkeeper Alisson Becker, who only has a year left on his contract. (Mail, external)
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Image source, Getty ImagesLiverpool fan Abigail Rudkin says "it is a massive relief" to know Mohamed Salah is expected to return from injury before the end of the season.
There were concerns that Salah may have played his last game for the club after he was forced off against Crystal Palace on Saturday with a hamstring injury.
However, Liverpool said on Wednesday that the problem is a "minor muscle injury" and that it is "anticipated" the Egypt international will recover in time to feature again before ending a nine-year spell at Anfield.
"You could sense the anxiety among the fanbase," Rudkin told BBC Radio Merseyside. "You didn't know if it was going to be his last game.
"No-one wants to say goodbye to Salah in that way. We all absolutely adore him so the idea that was the last time we'd see him in a Liverpool shirt was really sad.
"It is a massive relief and it means now he can appreciate the games he has left with the fans.
"He probably panicked himself when he went off injured thinking it would be the last time he plays for Liverpool."
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your views on the situation with Alisson, who is entering the final year of his contract at Anfield and is currently out because of injury.
Would this summer be the right time for Liverpool to sell him and, if so, is Giorgi Mamardashvili good enough to step up to number one?
Here are some of your comments:
Graeme: Any club wants to keep its best players and those players are also coveted by big European clubs because they're so good. Alisson is no different - he's a top keeper and has kept the team in so many matches. However, his injuries are frequent and frustrating. With Freddie Woodman making his debut, could this be his moment to become number two, with Giorgi Mamardashvili moving to number one? Whatever happens, Alisson is a legend.
Jimbo: Sell him if we can. Hopefully for big cheese to the Saudi Pro League rather than peanuts to Italy. If he stays, it's simply a downward spiral of absence through injury plus poor kicking when available.
Ian: Mamardashvili is obviously a competent replacement for Alisson or Liverpool wouldn't have bought him, and he has put in some impressive performances in Alisson's absences. If he wants to go then cash in and put the money in the transfer kitty because we definitely need to replace Mohamed Salah and strengthen a weak midfield.
Mark: Should have kept Caoimhin Kelleher - he was great.
Andy: I'd be absolutely gutted if Alisson left this summer - he still has so much to give the team, quite apart from being one of the world's best stoppers. Why would we let him go? We have missed some experience this season and he has bucketloads.
James: I worry about the loss of leadership but other than that we have a very capable number two ready to step up and what looks to be a decent number three who could also step up. There are more pressing issues to resolve than worrying too much about the goalkeeping position.
Neil: Really hope Alisson stays but would completely understand if he wanted a new challenge.
Some of you have been in touch to ask us which Liverpool striker can boast the best goals-per-game figures for the club.
You can ask questions like this via our Ask Me Anything about Liverpool form and we'll try to get answers.
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Their data says the most frequent scorer for the Reds was Gordon Hodgson, averaging 0.639 goals a game.
The brilliant Luis Suarez comes in second on 0.617, with John Aldridge on 0.606.
Hodgson did his work for the Reds between 1925 and 1936, a remarkable spell where he plundered 241 goals.
Mohamed Salah recently surpassed Hodgson's tally and now sits on 257 goals for the club, trailing only Roger Hunt (285) and Ian Rush (346).
So if goals are your marker, Rush is your man. If it's a player who finds the net frequently that is your thing, Hodgson tops the billing.
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