Liverpool welcome Manchester United this afternoon as the old rivals collide again at Anfield.

Three defeats on the bounce rocked Arne Slot’s side prior to the international break with Arsenal taking full advantage, sat four points clear at the summit after their win over Fulham last night.

But this is a fixture Liverpool simply do not lose. You have to go back to January 2016 when Wayne Rooney’s goal secured a 1-0 win for Louis van Gaal’s side for the last time United won on the red half of Merseyside.

A 2-0 win over Sunderland lifted some of the gloom around Old Trafford last time out and United performed admirably here last season, leaving with a 2-2 draw in January.

Ruben Amorim is still searching for back-to-back wins – ending that wait today would go some way in easing the pressure mounting on him.

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