Manchester United vs Liverpool LIVE: Ten Hag and Slot meet again in Premier League blockbuster – kick-off time, team news and how to follow
Manchester United host rivals Liverpool this afternoon as Erik ten Hag and Arne Slot meet again in a Premier League blockbuster.
The Red Devils have begun the season with a win and a defeat, beating Fulham in their opener but then losing to Brighton last time out.
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Things still don’t seem to be going smoothly for Ten Hag, but a win over one of their biggest rivals could be the catalyst for a great season.
The Reds, though, are one of four teams to win both of their top-flight games this campaign, winning 2-0 against Ipswich and Brentford.
Life under Slot has gone well so far but this is their first real test and another three points would prove that they will be a force to be reckoned with this term.
Man United vs Liverpool: Ten Hag and Slot meet again
When both managers step out into the dugout at Old Trafford this weekend, they’ll be more than familiar with the opposing boss.
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This will be the fifth time Ten Hag and Slot have faced each other.
The previous four were when both were in the Eredivisie in the Netherlands.
Slot’s Feyenoord beat Ten Hag’s Ajax twice in 2019/20 before Ajax would win both their meetings in the following season.
So, the pair are equally matched and it is set to be an interesting battle between their two sides now they’re both in England.
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Ten Hag and Slot will make some history too, as it will be the first time since 2016 that two Dutch managers have come up against each other in the Premier League.
The last such meeting was between Guus Hiddink and Ronald Koeman as Chelsea faced Southampton over eight years ago.
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- Manchester United have won just one of their last 12 Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D5 L6), beating them 2-1 at Old Trafford in their third game of the 2022-23 campaign.
- Liverpool have lost just one of their last six Premier League away games against Manchester United (W2 D3), while only Manchester City (9) have won away at Old Trafford more often than the Reds (7) in the competition’s history.
Man United vs Liverpool: How to follow
This Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, September 1.
Kick-off at Old Trafford is scheduled for the unusual time of 4pm.
The game will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League.
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You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Man United vs Liverpool: Team news
United will be without Mason Mount who was withdrawn at half-time against Brighton with a knock.
He is set to be out for four to five weeks with a hamstring injury.
Elswhere, Rasmus Hojlund, Luke Shaw and Leny Yoro remain sidelined while Joshua Zirkzee and Matthijs de Ligt are likely to make their first starts.
As for Liverpool, Jarrell Quansah has seemingly already lost his place at centre-back as he nurses a small problem.
It means Ibrahima Konate should start alongside Virgil van Dijk who is set to make his 200th appearances for the Reds.
Curtis Jones is Liverpool's only absentee for game as things stand while new signing Federico Chiesa could make his debut.
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- In his Manchester United career, Marcus Rashford has only scored more goals against Leicester City (8) in all competitions than he has against Liverpool (7). All seven of these strikes have come in his 10 appearances against them at Old Trafford.
- Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is the highest-scoring visiting player to Old Trafford in Premier League history (6 goals), while the Egyptian has netted in each of his last six away games against Man Utd in all competitions (9 goals in total).
Man United vs Liverpool: What has been said?
Slot has revealed he’s not friends with United manager and fellow countryman Ten Hag but they have a good relationship.
Asked if he is close with his Dutch compatriot, the Liverpool boss said: “No, friends is something else, but it’s a good relationship.
“A friend is someone you see a lot and go out with, but that’s not something we’ve done in the past. We don’t know each other well enough.
“It’s good and as normal as the relationship you have with many other managers.”
On facing United, Slot added: “Preparing for any game takes a lot of time and one of the most important things is preparing them for what they can expect.
“That is mostly about the players they’ll face, but now playing in a hostile environment with 75,000 fans.
“The players have to prepare for that but the good thing for me is it might be my first time going there [to Old Trafford] with Liverpool, my second time overall, but many of these players have played there before so I don’t think I have to prepare them for the 75,000, they are used to this.
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“But I have prepared them in the best possible way for what they can expect because United play in a different way than the last two seasons.”
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- No team has had more shots than Liverpool in the Premier League this season (37), while the Reds also have the highest expected goals total (5.3) and the lowest expected goals against total (1) so far.
- Liverpool have won both of their Premier League games 2-0 this season. Twice before have they won each of their first three in a campaign without conceding, doing so in 2013-14 and 2018-19 – they beat Man Utd 1-0 on 1st September in the third game in the former.
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