Manchester United against Liverpool FC unveiled

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer named Jesse Lingard in his provisional Manchester United squad for their meeting with Liverpool on Sunday, but there was no sign of Anthony Martial.

Lingols (hamstrings) and Martial (groin) were initially dismissed by Solskjaer due to injuries sustained at the end of the first half of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie against Paris Saint-Germain last week. However, United's interim coach suggested Friday that Lingard could recover in time to be available and the 26-year-old arrived with the rest of the team at their hotel on Saturday night.

Martial was not one of the 20 United players who registered at the downtown hotel on the eve of the match. If United beat Liverpool, it will go to six points from Tottenham, third, who lost 2-1 to Burnley on Saturday afternoon.

"We look good," said Solskjaer on Friday. "They [Martial and Lingard]'We have to go through these two sessions, they have not taken part yet, but they have done some recovery work.

"Anthony was a different muscle of course, so we think he could be ready and hope Jesse will be."

Nemanja Matic, who started all the Premier League matches for which he is available this season, was also absent at the arrival of the United team at The Lowry. Antonio Valencia and Matteo Darmian, who have already made two starts under Solskjaer, have been injured recently and are still absent, as well as Phil Jones.

Paul Pogba has a checkered record with Liverpool since returning to Anfield at the age of 18 when he returned from the FA Youth Cup 2011. Pogba underperformed in the draw in Liverpool two seasons ago and conceded a penalty in the return match, when the match was dominated by the fact that he became the first footballer to receive an emoji on Twitter.

Pogba was injured in both games last season and was an unused substitute in the December defeat to Liverpool. Solskjaer said the Frenchman would start Sunday.

"I was asked if it was not me, and I was quoted so many times," added Solskjaer. "If you build your team around Paul Pogba, I said that a few years ago, when you do not think you'll get that job.

"But he's a high-level player I've always loved since I saw him as a kid, he's a World Cup winner, a leader in the locker room and on the pitch, he wants always the balloon.

"So my idea was to get him to play to the best of his abilities as an offensive midfielder, you've seen PSG score it, others probably will, too, I do not know if Liverpool will do it but he's doing it, he'll have known that's what PSG did and stopped Paul, but he's creating a space for others and we have to be ready for that.

"There are different types of his midfielders but in his mold, I do not think there is any physical presence, he can score goals, he has an excellent technique up close, the diver's head that He registered against Chelsea was fantastic, he did the same against Bournemouth when he ran from the center line to enter the box.

"But he can also throw pbades when he's sitting in the middle of the field, I do not think that's his best position, but he can do it too."

"We have to do better than against PSG," Solskjaer said of Liverpool's visit. "It's our goal, because it's a big game, a big team, suddenly we are no longer outsiders, all of a sudden, people rent us, it's time to play.

"But we must learn from this experience against the PSG, because we did not get the desired level, when they should have 10 men and we 11 when it was almost equal.

"We just have to make sure we stay focused on all these games but these games are decided on the small margins, that 1cm Mbappe was in front of Eric [Bailly] and he scored instead of Eric, which was decisive in those big games.

"I've played a few myself and I know the extent of this success for the fans, for all those who work here, for the staff, it has been commented several times that it was the big one. waited impatiently for this one.

"Then our job is to focus all our energy on the performance mode when we start the game on Sunday.This is not about emotions, it 's not what it' s all about. I understand that emotion can be brought, but we must stay focused and controlled but with some fighting in us too.

"We know we are going to have a very difficult game because Liverpool have been fantastic this season, they will also know that to come to Old Trafford, it should be difficult for them, they respect us and we pay their respect," he said. is a team full of good players.

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"For them it's a great match, for us it's a big game because we want to be among the top four and we play in Liverpool." We know how important this game is to Man United, the staff, the supporters, we are just looking forward to another challenge for this team, as we wish to make this team a worthy of the history of Man United and it's a new step if we can win that at home.

"Because Tottenham, Arsenal, Chelsea are gone, it was fantastic to win all three games, we now have to play at home too.

"I did not really focus on the [other] teams and what they do, I focus on ourselves and what we need to do to get to where we want to be. It's a three horse race at the top of the title and a three horse race in fourth place, that's my goal. "

Confirmed members of the team

David de Gea, Sergio Romero, Lee Grant, Diogo Dalot, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelof, Eric Bailly, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Fred, Scott McTominay, Paul Pogba, Ander Herrera, Andreas Pereira, Juan Mata and Alexis Manga , Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku