Always one of many largest clashes within the English soccer calendar, Liverpool’s go to to Old Trafford has taken on even more significance after a troublesome few weeks for each golf equipment.
FILE: The scoreboard shows the 0-5 scoreline late on throughout the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on 24 October 2021. Picture: Oli SCARFF / AFP
MANCHESTER – Rooted to the underside of the Premier League for the primary time in 30 years, Manchester United’s disastrous begin to the season on and off the sphere may nonetheless worsen after they face Liverpool on Monday.
Always one of many largest clashes within the English soccer calendar, Liverpool’s go to to Old Trafford has taken on even more significance after a troublesome few weeks for each golf equipment.
Liverpool’s title hopes have already been hit by attracts towards Fulham and Crystal Palace to depart Jurgen Klopp’s males 4 factors adrift of defending champions Manchester City.
However, Liverpool’s woes of an early season damage disaster and the absence of Darwin Nunez as a result of his ill-discipline that value the Uruguayan a purple card on his residence debut, pale into insignificance in comparison with United’s troubles.
Erik ten Hag is off to the worst begin of any United supervisor for over 100 years after a 4-0 humbling by the hands of Brentford adopted Brighton’s first ever win at Old Trafford on the opening weekend of the season.
A big-scale protest by United followers is deliberate earlier than kick-off aimed on the membership’s house owners, the Glazer household.
“A fish rots from the head,” stated the Manchester United Supporters Trust this week with strain rising on the Americans to think about promoting the membership.
Elon Musk joked he was shopping for the Red Devils this week, whereas Britain’s richest man Jim Ratcliffe has signalled his curiosity.
The lack of a coordinated switch technique has left Ten Hag to work with largely the identical squad that suffered 5-0 and 4-0 thrashings by the hands of Liverpool of their two conferences final season.
Ten Hag, although, additionally has inquiries to ask after pushing for the signing of Lisandro Martinez from his previous membership Ajax regardless of the Argentine centre-back’s diminutive body seemingly being unsuited to the rigours of the Premier League.
Martinez was hauled off at half-time towards Brentford with United already trailing 4-0, however Ten Hag conceded afterwards all 11 of his beginning line-up may have been changed.
Brentford gamers lined 13.8 kilometres more in that match and Ten Hag reportedly responded by cancelling a deliberate time without work to make his squad run that distance the day after defeat final Saturday.
But it’s on the pitch he wants a response with Liverpool additionally wounded for their journey to Manchester.
NEWCASTLE TEST FOR CITY
City’s transformation into the dominant membership in English soccer over the previous decade because of the stream of funding from Abu Dhabi appeared the blueprint for Newcastle to comply with underneath the possession of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund.
But Newcastle’s first summer time switch window underneath the brand new regime has been surprisingly quiet with Nick Pope and Sven Botman the one new faces at St James’ Park.
They have nonetheless loved a powerful begin to the season with 4 factors from their first two video games, however City’s go to will give an early indication as to how severely the Magpies may problem for a top-four end.
NO MONEY FOR RODGERS
Leicester are the one Premier League membership but to spend any cash within the window and supervisor Brendan Rodgers will not be anticipating that to vary as a result of state of the membership’s funds.
“I spent my summer holidays convincing players to come but when I come back the reality of the situation is there and we are unable to follow through with it,” stated Rodgers on Thursday.
“I don’t run the finances of the club. I run the football department and if they say we can’t sign a player I trust the club that it’s the case.”
The Foxes long-serving captain Kasper Schmeichel joined Nice earlier this month and more key gamers may nonetheless go away with Wesley Fofana a goal for Chelsea, whereas Newcastle have had bids rejected for James Maddison.
After only one level from their opening two video games, Leicester badly want a win when Southampton go to on Saturday to carry the temper across the King Power forward of a troublesome run of fixtures that features journeys to Chelsea and Tottenham of their subsequent 5 video games.
Fixtures (all instances GMT)
Saturday
Tottenham v Wolves (1130), Leicester v Southampton, Crystal Palace v Aston Villa, Everton v Nottingham Forest, Fulham v Brentford (all 1400), Bournemouth v Arsenal (1630)
Sunday
Leeds v Chelsea, West Ham v Brighton (each 1300), Newcastle v Manchester City (1530)
Monday
Manchester United v Liverpool (1900)
