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Manchester United Season 2019 - 2020

SUN 17 JAN 2021PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool 16:30 Manchester United
Venue: Anfield
Liverpool v Manchester United
Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp

This is Jurgen Klopp's 200th Premier League game in charge of Liverpool. He has won 127 times, a record bettered in the competition only by Jose Mourinho (137) at the 200-game milestone.

TEAM NEWS
Liverpool's Joel Matip is close to full fitness but will be assessed before a decision is made if he can feature.
Naby Keita has again been ruled out and remains on the sidelines with Joe Gomez, Diogo Jota and Virgil van Dijk.

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has definitely ruled out Phil Jones and Brandon Williams.
Aside from them, he says he will give "everyone a chance" to prove their fitness - including Anthony Martial, Nemanja Matic and Victor Lindelof.


'I have no skills for playing mind games' - Klopp

MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
Guy Mowbray: Liverpool's 2-0 win against United in this fixture last season gave them a THIRTY-point lead over their great rivals. Now, two days short of a year later, the champions need a win just to draw level on points with them. How quickly times change - as if anyone needed reminding!
Is it the biggest game of the season so far? I think it probably is, with every blockbuster carrying greater importance than the last one so long as everything remains so close at the top.

There will possibly be greater focus after the game on the team that loses. If that's Liverpool, they'll be 'in crisis'. Not true but, relatively speaking, not wholly unreasonable either. They haven't gone four league games without a win in nearly four years.
If United lose, their title challenge will probably be dismissed by some. Indeed, have they - and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - received enough credit for getting to the top of the table approaching halfway through the season?

Solskjaer's side haven't lost an away league game since that last visit to Anfield a year ago, but haven't won there for five years - to the day.
So many omens, so much past history, with none of it having any bearing on what happens next. It's over to the players of today, with the reinvigorated Paul Pogba talking of this being "a beautiful game for everyone….so let's get ready for it".
We are Paul. We are.

LAWRO'S PREDICTION
United have got momentum and will pose a number of problems for Liverpool's defence because of their pace up front and the guile and passing of Bruno Fernandes.
Liverpool are going through an indifferent spell, but they have not suddenly become a bad side. They will create chances, too. They just need to take them this time.
Liverpool's home form is obviously hugely impressive - they have not lost at Anfield in the league since April 2017 - and so is United's unbeaten away record this season.
I am going for a draw, which would keep both of those runs going.
Prediction: 1-1
Lawro's full predictions v You Me At Six drummer Dan Flint
Liverpool's Roberto Firmino and Jordan Henderson

This run began after a 0-0 draw with Manchester City in October 2018 - that was also the most recent league home match the Reds failed to score in.

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

  • Manchester United's only win in their past 10 matches against Liverpool in all competitions was by 2-1 in the league at Old Trafford in March 2018.
  • The Red Devils have gone four league games without a win over Liverpool (D2, L2), their longest run since March 2000 to January 2002.
  • Liverpool are aiming to win three home league games in a row against Manchester United for the first time since the 2008-09 to 2010-11 seasons.
Liverpool
  • Liverpool have dropped 18 points this season, more than across the whole of each of the previous two campaigns.
  • They are in danger of losing consecutive league fixtures for the first time since August to September 2015 under Brendan Rodgers. The second of those losses was a 3-1 defeat at Manchester United.
  • The Reds haven't started a calendar year with back-to-back league defeats since 1993.
  • Jurgen Klopp has not lost successive league matches as a manager since April 2015, when he was at Borussia Dortmund.
  • Liverpool last went three top-flight matches without a goal in February and March 2005, while a team managed by Klopp has not gone goalless in three consecutive league fixtures since November to December 2006 when he was at Mainz.
  • On Sunday, Klopp becomes the 10th manager to reach 200 top-flight games for Liverpool, with the German winning more games than any of his predecessors by the same stage.
Manchester United
  • This is the first time Manchester United have been top of the table after as many as 17 games of a season since the final day of their title-winning campaign in 2012-13 under Sir Alex Ferguson.
  • They are unbeaten in 11 Premier League matches since losing to Arsenal on 1 November.
  • The Red Devils are aiming to win more than seven of their opening nine away matches of a league season for only the second time, emulating the 1993-94 campaign. They won eight away league fixtures in the whole of last season.
  • They have not won any of their four league matches this season against other established top-six teams (D2, L2). All four fixtures were at Old Trafford, and the only goal they scored was a Bruno Fernandes penalty.
  • Fernandes is the first player to win four Premier League Player of the Month awards in a single calendar year.
  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is looking to avoid becoming only the third Manchester United manager to fail to win any of his first four league games against Liverpool, after John Chapman (1921-26) and Tommy Docherty (1973-76).
 
SUN 24 JAN 2021 THE FA CUP - FOURTH ROUND
Manchester United17:00Liverpool
Venue: Old Trafford
Manchester United v Liverpool
Marcus Rashford scores for Manchester United against Liverpool in March 2018

Marcus Rashford scored both goals in Manchester United's most recent win against Liverpool in March 2018

TEAM NEWS
Victor Lindelof should be fit for Manchester United despite missing the win at Fulham because of a back issue.
Marcus Rashford began that game on the bench and is likely to return to the starting line-up.

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is doubtful after missing the defeat by Burnley with a minor muscle strain.
Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino could come back into the starting line-up after featuring as substitutes in Thursday's match.
Joel Matip returned from injury against the Clarets but might not be risked in consecutive games, while Kostas Tsimikas is back in contention.


LAWRO'S PREDICTION
Liverpool travel to play Tottenham in the league next Thursday, which is obviously huge for their title hopes, so I think Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will pick a team for this tie with that game in mind.
Prediction: 2-1
Lawro's full predictions v Radio 1 DJ Jordan North
Liverpool are without a win at Old Trafford since a 3-0 victory in March 2014

The Merseysiders are winless in seven subsequent visits (L3, D4)

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

  • The clubs have met 17 times in the FA Cup, including twice in the 19th century when Manchester United were known as Newton Heath.
  • Liverpool have lost nine times to United in the FA Cup - more than against any other side (W4, D4).
  • The Merseysiders' only FA Cup win away to Manchester United came in 1921, when they won a first-round replay 2-1.
Manchester United
  • They have won their past seven FA Cup home games without conceding a goal.
  • The last visiting player to score an FA Cup goal at Old Trafford was West Ham's Dimitri Payet in March 2016.
  • United have not lost in the FA Cup fourth round since a 2-1 defeat at Liverpool in 2012.
  • The 12-time winners were beaten by Swansea in round three in 2014, but since then have progressed to the quarter-finals (or better) in six consecutive seasons.
  • All four of United's domestic defeats this season have come at Old Trafford.
Liverpool
  • The Merseysiders have reached the quarter-finals just twice since they last won the FA Cup in 2006.
  • They have failed to progress beyond the fourth round in four of their five seasons under Jurgen Klopp.
  • They have scored in 15 of their past 17 away matches in the FA Cup.
  • Liverpool have won all three of their previous FA Cup penalty shoot-outs.
 
Man Utd v Sheff Utd

Man Utd v Sheff Utd (20:15 GMT)

As they showed against Liverpool in the FA Cup on Sunday, Manchester United have hit their stride, especially in attack, and their momentum is going to be hard to stop - they have got plenty of strength in depth if they do pick up any injuries.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have not lost in the league since Arsenal won at Old Trafford on 1 November, and nothing I have seen from Sheffield United suggests they are capable of ending that run.

The Blades are back in Manchester on Saturday when they face Manchester City at Etihad Stadium, so this is not exactly an easy spell for them. At least it is only a short journey home.

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Alex's prediction: With a heavy heart I think our great rivals will win this one. I feel for Sheffield United this season - it's a shame to see Chris Wilder's side struggling so badly. 2-1


Premier League predictions: Lawro v guitarist Alex Sprogis from post-punk band TV Priest
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55755348
 
Man Utd v Southampton

Man Utd v Southampton (20:15 GMT)
It's not been a great few days for Manchester United, who lost at home to Sheffield United and then were held by Arsenal.

Southampton were unlucky not to get anything against Aston Villa on Saturday, when they created enough chances to get at least a point but the big decisions did not go their way.

Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa: Sometimes football isn't fair - Hasenhuttl

When they met at St Mary's earlier in the season, it was a real thriller with United coming back from 2-0 down to win 3-2.

I'm at Old Trafford for 5 Live for this one, and this time I am expecting the same outcome, but in more straightforward fashion.

Lawro's prediction: 2-0

Chris' prediction: 2-1
 
The present squad of Man Utd are not bad but still not consistent enough especially in defence and i believe they can achieve a trophy this year, but Man Utd will never be the same as what it was during Sir Alex era.

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Matchester United

Football: Johor crown prince says he is evaluating opportunity to own a stake in Manchester United

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Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim owns Malaysian Super League champions Johor Darul Ta'zim. (Photo: HRHcrownprinceofJohor/Instagram)
19 Mar 2021

SINGAPORE: Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim said on Friday (Mar 19) that he is evaluating an opportunity to own a stake in Manchester United Football Club.
In a press conference, he said: “I know there is an opening for Manchester United, about 2, 3 to 5 per cent."

"Plus, Manchester United, it's a club that will take decades for its commercial to go down. In terms of sustainability, they are superb," he added.

The crown prince said he has always dreamed of owning a share in a European football club.

"But an elite club. I don't want just a club in the second division or anything like that," he said.

The crown prince said it can be a small equity, which can be expanded in the future.

"I feel by having a small equity of shares I can somehow capitalise not only for myself as a football (club) owner but also for JDT," he said, referring to the Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club.

Tunku Ismail currently owns Malaysia Super League club JDT. In October last year, JDT won its seventh consecutive league title.

"Before making any investments, we have to make (an) assessment, which one is suitable and which one is not suitable. There are pros and cons.

"For instance in Valencia, there are pros and cons. Manchester United there are pros and cons. AC Milan, etc. I have to think about it before making a decision," he said.

Earlier this month, Tunku Ismail signaled that he may be interested in buying over Spanish La Liga club Valencia, currently owned by Singapore businessman Peter Lim.
Valencia’s president Anil Murthy has reportedly said that Mr Lim has no plans to sell Valencia.

When asked if there is any update on Friday, the crown prince said the door remains open for his investments in football clubs.

"The door is still open. With other clubs also the door is still open," he said.
 
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