Liverpool Vs Manchester United - The Derby that can't be unseen

• Liverpool have lost more Premier League matches (27) and also the most league matches (67) against Manchester United than versus any other opponent.
  
• Liverpool have lost each of their last four Premier League clashes with Manchester United, their worst league losing streak against the Red Devils since March 2008 (five defeats).
  
• Liverpool have lost their last two league meetings with Manchester United at Anfield; they last lost three home league games against United in January 2005.
  
• This clash has seen 16 red cards shown in the Premier League, only Everton v Liverpool (21) has produced more dismissals.
  
• Jurgen Klopp has lost just one of his five meetings with Jose Mourinho (W3 D1), with that defeat coming in 2013 via a 2-0 home win for Real Madrid v Dortmund in the Champions League semi-final second leg.
  
• Since Jurgen Klopp was appointed as Liverpool manager in October 2015, the Reds have scored more goals than any other Premier League team (73) and have had the highest average possession figure (58.8%).
  
• Juan Mata has had a hand in five goals in his last four appearances against Liverpool in the Premier League, scoring three and assisting two.
  Only Steven Gerrard ( has scored more goals in this Premier League fixture than Wayne Rooney (6 - level with Robbie Fowler).
  
• Wayne Rooney currently has 87 Premier League away goals, the joint-most in the competition alongside Alan Shearer.
  
• Manchester United had three points more at this stage last season under Louis Van Gaal (16) than they currently have after seven games of 2016-17 (13).
  
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic hasn't scored in three league appearances – his worst run in league competition since January 2015 (four in a row for PSG).
  
• Marcus Rashford has scored 12 goals since his debut for Man Utd on 25th February 2016 (all comps) – four more than any other player for Manchester
  
• United in this period. It's also two more competitive goals than any player for Liverpool since his debut.
  
• When Jurgen Klopp took charge of his first game for Liverpool in October 2015, Marcus Rashford had never made a first team appearance for Manchester United – only one reserve appearance for the club, two under-19 appearances and 45 appearances for their under-18 side.
  

Firenze wrote:not looking forward to monday night tbh

think it will be rough

Firenze wrote:not looking forward to monday night tbh

think it will be rough

Glory wrote:

Firenze wrote:not looking forward to monday night tbh

think it will be rough

Me too. Not at all confident.
Anyway I will switch off the telly if I see either bog brush or fat wooney in the lineup. Wont sacrifice my sleep in that case. LivPul will dismantle us if any of those 2 start.

Want this

ddg
val-smalling-bailly-shaw
blind
herrera-pog
mata-ibra-martial/rash

Art Morte wrote:So frigging stupid that game is on Monday.
Watching games on Sunday afternoon = awesome
Watching Monday night games = lame

Also don't remember have there ever been two as underwhelming matches on a Sunday as today.

Helmer wrote:I think people are hyping too much about Mondays Red Day. I can get that Liverpool and ManUtd fans getting drawn to it. But other club supporters need to calm down. Because of Mourinho this game is going to be a tactical wankfest and then I can see everybody unnecessarily complaining.

Jose Mourinho’s mouth has got him into trouble again – with the Manchester United boss breaking rules over discussing referees ahead of matches.

Mourinho will be contacted by the Football Association after questioning whether it would be difficult for Anthony Taylor to have “a very good performance” when Liverpool host United on Monday night.

Taylor’s appointment is controversial with the official hailing from Greater Manchester town Altrincham, which is only seven miles from Old Trafford.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp refused the opportunity to discuss the official and has avoided any debate over his appointment, which was queried by former referees’ chief Keith Hackett.

And while Mourinho only spoke briefly on the matter, it was enough to catch the attention of the FA, who in 2009 introduced a rule stipulating managers and players should not make pre-match comments about referees so not to potentially influence the official.


Mourinho said: “I think Mr Taylor is a very good referee but I think somebody with intention is putting such a pressure on him that I feel it will be difficult for him to have a very good performance.

“I have my view but I understood and I learned a lesson by being punished so many times for some words so I don’t want to say anything (more) about it.”

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Helmer wrote:I think people are hyping too much about Mondays Red Day. I can get that Liverpool and ManUtd fans getting drawn to it. But other club supporters need to calm down. Because of Mourinho this game is going to be a tactical wankfest and then I can see everybody unnecessarily complaining.

In fairness the big games have been good so far this season.

Unique wrote:tomorrow nights game will be a big let down. not just because Liverpool will get beat by the back post header. but it wont live up to all the hype these games never do.

Hapless_Hans wrote:

Unique wrote:tomorrow nights game will be a big let down. not just because Liverpool will get beat by the back post header. but it wont live up to all the hype these games never do.

more excited about this game than about any Bayern game this season so far ffs

I think it will be an exciting game, as Mole has already stated, big games this season have definitively lived up to the hype so far.
Which is also due to the fact that Klopp is a full action big game manager and Pep doesn't shy away from a spectacle either.

I fear though that tomorrow Liverpool's team will be too nervous to get a positive result