Liverpool v Manchester United LIVE: Salah one away from becoming Reds leading Premier League goalscorer as in-form Rashford looks to end Anfield curse – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Joe Brophy

Mar 2

Liverpool will renew their fierce rivalry with Manchester United this weekend in a game that could define their seasons.

The Reds were two games from an unprecedented quadruple last term but a disappointing season this year has seem drop to sixth.

Salah is Liverpool's all-time highest goalscorer against Man United in all competitions

Jurgen Klopp's men are all-but certain to finish the campaign without silverware following their 5-2 Champions League hammering to Real Madrid.

But they've since responded with a draw and a win against Crystal Palace and Wolves respectively to move within six points of the top four.

High-flying United are the latest team standing in their way, with their FA Cup victory over West Ham in midweek continuing their own push for a quadruple.

The Carabao Cup winners were the first of many teams to defeat Liverpool this season following a 2-1 win in the reverse fixture in August but they haven't triumphed at Anfield since 2016.

Liverpool vs Man United: Date and how to follow

This Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, March 5.

The match is scheduled to kick-off at 4:30pm at Anfield.

It will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League with live coverage starting from 4pm.

Sky Sports customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.

If not, you can purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass from NowTV for £9.99.

talkSPORT will have regular updates throughout the evening while talkSPORT.com will also be running a live blog.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

United won their first trophy since 2017 by winning the Carabao Cup

Liverpool vs Man United: Team news

The hosts still have a number of absentees, with Thiago Alcantara, Calvin Ramsay, Luis Diaz and Joe Gomez all expected to miss out.

Cody Gakpo will be hoping to reclaim his starting berth from Diogo Jota while Arthur Melo is also vying for his first Premier League minutes.

The visitors are also without key figures in the form of Christian Eriksen, Donny van de Beek and Anthony Martial.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka is in line to replace Diogo Dalot in defence to cope with Darwin Nunez's pace having been rested in midweek.

Rashford could become the first English player to score home and away against Liverpool in a single season since Tommy Taylor in 1953-54

Liverpool vs Man United: What has been said?

Klopp was asked whether his side's 2-0 win over Wolves in midweek was the perfect way to go into their showdown with Man United.

He said: "In the best possible way, but in the end it's still a different game and a big challenge, of course. I think Man United is the team in form in the moment, maybe together with Arsenal and City are [also] doing well.

"The teams up there are all in a pretty good moment and I didn't see yet the line-up [for United's 3-1 FA Cup game over West Ham] but maybe they changed quite a few? That means some of them will be a bit fresher than us, but it's a home game and it's Anfield.

"I thought Anfield proved a point tonight again, it was super, super-enjoyable. It felt like a proper unit, we were all together – I loved that.

"That's what we need again on Sunday, but of course it will be difficult. Again, if you face United at the weekend whichever result you've had before, either way you have to strike back or whatever, but now we have to use it for our general situation.

"We have to build on the performance and on the result – and we try everything to do exactly that."

Liverpool vs Man United: Match facts

Marcus Rashford has scored 10 goals in his last 10 Premier League games, netting in each of his last five appearances. Only three different Manchester United players have scored in six in a row – Ruud van Nistelrooy (3 separate runs), Eric Cantona (April 1996) and Cristiano Ronaldo (April 2008).
Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho were on the scoresheet in Man Utd's 2-1 win over Liverpool in August – the last English player to score home and away league goals against them for the Red Devils in a single season was Tommy Taylor in 1953-54.
Since the start of the 2017-18 season, no player has scored more goals against Liverpool in all competitions than Manchester United's Marcus Rashford (6, level with Harry Kane). However, all six of his goals against the Reds have come at Old Trafford.
Mohamed Salah is Liverpool's all-time highest goalscorer against Manchester United in all competitions with 10 goals. Nine of those strikes have come in his last five appearances against them, with the Egyptian netting in every match in that run.
Manchester United have scored in each of their last 15 Premier League games, the longest current run in the competition and the Red Devils' longest since a run of 17 between February and October 2020.
Manchester United have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League games (W8 D2), going down 3-2 at Arsenal in January. Since the resumption of the competition following the World Cup break, no side has won more points than the Red Devils (23).
This will be the 32nd Premier League meeting between Liverpool and Man Utd on a Sunday, the joint-most played fixture on that day (level with Chelsea vs Liverpool). Liverpool are unbeaten in the last seven such games (W3 D4), winning 5-0 at Old Trafford in the most recent meeting in October 2021.
Manchester United have scored just one goal in their last seven away games against Liverpool in all competitions, failing to score in each of the last three. Only once have they failed to score in four consecutive visits to Anfield, doing so between 1988 and 1992.
Manchester United have completed the Premier League double over Liverpool more than any other side (8), and are looking to do so for the first time since 2015-16 following their 2-1 win at Old Trafford in August.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last six home league games against Manchester United (W3 D3) since a 1-0 loss in January 2016. It's their longest run without defeat against the Red Devils at Anfield since a run of nine between 1970 and 1979.