Manchester United v Liverpool: Premier League – Live! | Soccer

45 + 5 minutes: And that's it, for the moment. Both teams head to the locker room to heal their wounds. "More Red Cross than Red Devils," said Martin Tyler in the first half. "You know what they say," writes JR. "Football is a simple game where 22 men run after a ball and at the end of the game, there are 14 men chasing her. It's ridiculous.

45 + 4 minutes: There were three shots in the first half and four substitutions.

45 + 1 minutes: In the time of stopping. The referee decides, there are about four minutes left.

45 minutes: Sánchez center from the left but Robertson puts his body across the Lukaku race and the Belgian's head is easily saved. Lukaku lands on Robertson's left shoulder and the physios are back.

44 minutes: Liverpool wins a corner Matip directs. Injuries prevented either team from developing a rhythm during that first half, but there will certainly be fewer in the second half, so that's something.

42 minutes: Lingard drinks to the sideline and Alexis Sánchez replaces him.

40 minutes: What a stop from Alisson! Pogba runs on the left then goes 25 km from the goal, towards Lukaku. The Belgian opted for a fantastic pbad for Lingard who came into the box, but Alisson grabbed the ball just as the United player tried to take it around him.

39 minutes: Matip makes a new run in the penalty area from the beginning of the match and puts his head to the ball once he is in. He nods at Milner, who lets her cross the line before he goes to the corner.

37 minutes: Pogba shoots the ball from the left side of the penalty area to the farthest corner, but Van Dijk moves away from the goal and just follows the corner.

36 minutes: Milner is so often in space that it's almost as if United had made a deliberate decision to let him wander on the right flank, in the hope that Liverpool would adopt this easy option instead of leaving the ball to his players. more dangerous in more restricted areas. If that's their tactics, it works pretty well.

33 minutes: Liverpool had 62% possession of the ball in the first half, but did not really test De Gea. Meanwhile, Rashford seems to have escaped his first strike and is currently tied to the left sideline.

33 minutes: Sturridge has a shot of at least 40 meters, which sneaks along the ground directly to De Gea.

31 minutes: Another center of Milner is not going anywhere and the ball is clear for a touch. Roberto Firmino, whom we see awkwardly landing at the ankle while he is moving towards the sideline, is replaced by Daniel Sturridge. Liverpool must turn their dominance into goals or at least chances.

28 minutes: It seems that another substitution is about to happen and this time Firmino seems to be about to leave. Sturridge seems to be the choice of Jürgen Klopp to replace him.

27 minutes: Milner's crossing has been disappointing so far, and he's sending another loop effort out of the game.

25 minutes: Lingard arrives for Mata. Salah will wonder how he failed to beat a wounded Mata when Liverpool broke the ball a few minutes ago, with only Spanish between goal and goal.

24 minutes: Mata is drinking now and Lingard is getting ready to enter. This is remarkable. Liverpool has the physios on the ground right now, Firmino seemingly unhappy.

23 min: The corner is cleared and the Liverpool counter, but Salah is dispossessed by Mata at the edge of the box and Milner is then booked to stop the United counter by tripping Pogba.

22 minutes: United attack, while Rashford managed to keep the ball on the left and send it back to Pogba, whose center is tailor-made for Lukaku but Van Dijk is at the head of the ball. Corner.

21 minutes: Liverpool has watched the most threatening team by far in this opening period and United's players seem to be collapsing. They win a corner, but Van Dijk's header makes a safe loop for De Gea.

20 minutes: While Herrera receives treatment, Rashford goes to the bench for a drink. Solskjaer comes to ask if he has to withdraw. The answer is not clear, but it sounded like a jerk of the head.

19 minutes: Now, it seems that United has two wounded, Herrera on the ground and rubbing his right thigh.

18 minutes: Marcus Rashford is still drinking. It now seems that Andreas Pereira could replace him.

17 minutes: Liverpool pbades the ball far to the left and the center of Robertson's center since the start of the game would have given everyone the advantage at the last post. There is no one at the last post.

17 minutes: It's 2-0 in the UAE, where Mkhitaryan has doubled Arsenal's lead over Southampton.

16 minutes: Salah's free kick is quite terrible and floats above the bar.

15 minutes: Matip tears the heart of United's midfield and is eliminated by Herrera just before entering the penalty box. This is a superb shooting opportunity, from a meter out of the surface.

12 minutes: Liverpool has repeatedly sent long balls to Milner on the right. Nothing has come yet, but it's definitely a thing.

11 minutes: United gives the ball in defense but Liverpool's attack seems a little shy, and ends with a slight withdrawal from Mané.

10 minutes: Liverpool attacks right but finds himself stuck in a narrow strip of land near the corner flag and ends up misplacing a pbad. United hand-to-hand.

8 minutes: There is already a goal at Arsenal, where Lacazette scored only 1-0 against the Gunners against Southampton. "I think MBMery is not caught off guard between Southampton and Arsenal," says Antaki. "Too bad, while I was anxious to further discuss the long-time favorites of Why No Ozil? Is Koscielny a victim again? When will Arsenal actually beat someone a half decent? And, for balance, where did everything go wrong for Oriol Romeu? But it may be best to sit and hear about the latest debacle in audio only. "

7 minutes: At the other end of the line, Salah launches his run into United's penalty area with a big, hard cross that hits the defender's leg. The strike was removed and allowed De Gea to fall.

7 minutes: Rashford, chosen by Young's attack early in the pbad, falls when he shoots at the edge of the box and loops the ball at Alisson.

6 minutes: Salah runs and starts a run against Luke Shaw, which the left-back United narrowly wins.

5 minutes: Liverpool plays the ball for a while, before finally putting it in Salah, 10 yards from the surface. He has two defenders on him before the ball is under control and is quickly dispossessed.

2 minutes: Henderson sends the goal to Fabinho, who pbades it on to Milner, allowing United's defense to rush and block the shot as soon as it arrives.

1 minute: Almost a chance for Liverpool! Robertson plays the ball at the end of the line and Ashley Young, without pressure, returns the ball towards De Gea – but Firmino seems to want to go first! He stands out strangely from the challenge and De Gea gives a hand – indirect free kick!

1 minute: They left! Juan Mata strikes the ball back and we are on the way.

The preambles over, it's time to act. United will start, anytime now.

Before the game, a minute of applause for former Manchester United coach Eric Harrison. Here is his team in the winning action of the FA Youth Cup:

Dressing room last. It seems a little tight here:

Some managers are discussing. First on Solskjaer on the absence of Matic and on the decision to replace him by mcTominay:

It's a hard blow. he had a muscle injury so he will be away for a few weeks. One of those things that happens during a season. We will have to manage without it. Nemanja, with his experience and performance, has been vital to us in the middle of the field, but Scott has already played these games. He has a lot of energy and he is a boy from the area who knows these games.

How, he asked, can United win this match?

The quality of what we do Concentration. And control the emotions on the ground.

We then ask Jürgen Klopp why Trent Alexander-Arnold does not play. He says it's with future games in mind, which I'm far from convinced:

We have games to come. I do not like to think about upcoming games, but this is the first time we can make a decision. We will need a lot of Trent in the coming weeks. So everything is fine. That's the reason. Of course, not because of last year. Absolutely no reason.

He then asked if the first job of his team would be to calm the audience:

I do not think to calm the crowd. We want to have a result here. That's the plan. If you get a result, you must run and if you perform, the audience is not the loudest. We do not think about the atmosphere. We are used to large atmospheres of course. We played great games. We just want to work for a result. We want to deserve a result. And if we deserve it, we will take it.

Pre-match reading: Here is an excerpt from Barney Ronay on Marcus Rashford:

"As a loose fan of Liverpool, I volunteered to take my daughter instead of watching the match (it's also beautiful here in Berlin)," Tim Woods writes. "Klopp and the rest are right to say that today's result is not decisive, but I have the feeling that Liverpool lacks a big win in terms of performance / performance this season. Spurs was good (and no, I do not intend to beat Arsenal at home), a win today, deserved, contested or lucky, could be the solution to restart the return to fitness for the last 11 games. .

Another coup sending the Premier League at 14:05. Here are the teams from Arsenal v Southampton:

Arsenal: Leno, Lichtsteiner, Mustafi, Papastathopoulos, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, Iwobi, Ramsey, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette. Subs: Cech, Koscielny, Ozil, Aubameyang, Monreal,
Suarez, Guendouzi.
Southampton Gunn, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Stephens, Valery, Hojbjerg, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Targett, Armstrong, Redmond. Subs: McCarthy, Yoshida, Austin, Elyounoussi, Bertrand, Slattery,
Obafemi.
Arbitrator: Graham Scott.

Update on Matic's injury: Solskjaer told MUTV that he would be away for a few weeks following a training injury. United plays five times in the next 15 days. The matches after today's matches are against Crystal Palace, Southampton, Paris St-Germain and Arsenal.

And here is a bit of Solskjaer on United:

Here is a bit of Jürgen Klopp on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer:

The big news for Liverpool: Trent Alexander-Arnold, who had trouble at Old Trafford last season, is left on the bench, while James Milner has preferred the right back. Fabinho, Wijnaldum and Henderson start together in the middle of the field for the first time.

The big news for United: Nemanja Matic has a muscle injury and Scott McTominay enters to make his third league start of the season. Jesse Lingard is back from injury to take a place on the bench, but Anthony Martial is absent.

The news of the team are at the rendezvous:

Utd Man: From Gea, Young, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw, Ander Herrera, McTominay, Pogba, Mata, Lukaku, Rashford. Subs: Bailly, Sanchez, Lingard, Andreas Pereira, Fred, Dalot, Romero.
Liverpool: Alison, Milner, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane. Subs:
Keita, Sturridge, Lallana, Mignolet, Shaqiri, Origi, Alexander-Arnold.
Arbitrator: Michael Oliver.

It is the most glorious day in Manchester and in much of the country. News from the team imminent.

Hi world!

Great. It is not often that a national cup final can be considered rationally as the second most interesting game of the day. While Manchester City is distracted by the Carabao Cup final against Chelsea, its rivals have the opportunity to win, perhaps permanently. A defeat for Liverpool at Old Trafford would obviously not be fatal, but the win this afternoon would be an important step towards glory. After that, all of Liverpool's away games are against teams currently in the bottom half of the table, and in addition to the Merseyside derby next Sunday at Goodison Park, they are all against teams currently in the last six . At home, they are unbeaten all season.

All, however, are undefeated in the league since their visit to Anfield in December, for what turned out to be the last game of Jose Mourinho at the direction of the match. Since then, United have taken 25 points in nine league games, five more than Liverpool and four more than City and Tottenham, who have played one more game. Since that day, Liverpool have won two of the four away league games, scoring only five times (United scored 12 out of five away games) and generally did not look convincing.

In short, United must be the favorite to win this match and bring a painful blow to his great rivals. Liverpool has not won at Old Trafford since 2014, but will have the feeling that he needs to get something out of this trip. It's extremely exciting, a match to be savored. Thank you for being here. Let's do that.