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Liverpool v Man Utd preview: TV times, referee, Mourinho and Klopp quotes, confirmed teams
LIVERPOOL’s title challenge will face a serious challenge when Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United come to Anfield - so here’s everything you need to know about the game.
Klopp and Mourinho have met five times before in competition
Monday October 17 - Liverpool v Manchester United, 8pm kick-off (Live on Sky Sports 1 from 7pm)
Monday October 17 - Match of the Day 2, 10.45pm on BBC Two
Key statistics
In their 48 meetings in the Premier League, United and Liverpool have scored 127 goals between them.
Liverpool have lost to United in the Premier League 27 times, their worst record against any team. The next highest is Chelsea, who have beaten them 19 times.
Mourinho has only beaten Jurgen Klopp once in his managerial career, having come up against his Dortmund side four times when he was at Real Madrid.
Liverpool v Manchester United will never ever be a normal game
Premier League: Liverpool 13, Manchester United 27, draw 8
Odds (best available)
Liverpool 11/10, Manchester United 5/2, draw 13/5
First goalscorer (selected): Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5/1, Daniel Sturridge 11/2, Roberto Firmino 6/1, Marcus Rashford 8/1
What the managers say
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "The more interest, the more difficult it is, but the more excited everybody is.
"It will never, ever, be a normal game.
"We should use this opportunity on the pitch, all the nice stories are written on the pitch, in the stadium, with big respect because that’s what it stands for.
"You face the biggest opponents and play football against them, that’s the kind of battle we have.
"We need to create a special atmosphere, in and around, in your living room!
"Knowing about this should give us the power."
Man Utd manager Jose Mourinho: “I always like to play at Anfield.
"I have won big matches and lost big matches there, so I cannot say I like to go there as I am always successful as this is not true.
"I like to go there, I like the atmosphere and the characteristics of the matches.
"It is a big match that can be comparable to Inter v Milan and Real v Barcelona, maybe Porto v Benfica - this I like.”
Liverpool team news
Adam Lallana missed both England's international fixtures and is only fit enough for the bench.
Nathaniel Clyne also pulled out of Gareth Southgate's squad but starts along with the returning Dejan Lovren.
Georginio Wijnaldum returned from Netherlands duty with a hip problem though and misses out entirely.
Liverpool: Karius, Clyne, Matip, Lovren, Milner, Henderson, Can, Coutinho, Firmino, Mane, Sturridge.
Manchester United team news
Luke Shaw is only fit enough for the bench but Henrikh Mkhitaryan misses out entirely.
Dropped England captain Wayne Rooney is on the bench for a fourth consecutive game.
Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Smalling, Blind, Fellaini, Pogba, Rashford, Herrera, Young, Ibrahimovic
Match officials
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistants: Simon Bennett, Stephen Child
Fourth official: Martin Atkinson