“There was only one team trying to win the game,” Van Dijk said - although it was hard to know what other approach the visitors could, or should, have taken in the circumstances.

Arsenal got the job done against Brighton on Sunday. 

The Dutchman brings his side to Anfield on Sunday.

The champions dropped points against Palace. 

Players at Old Trafford fall in and out of favour at an astonishing rate as manager shuffles his squad in search of the right blend

Liverpool goalkeeper says he expects a reaction from rivals on Sunday after 7-0 drubbing at Anfield last season

It is understood Van de Beek will join German outfit Eintracht Frankfurt on loan with an option to buy. 

When Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s finally secures 25 per cent of the club, he will take control of “football operations” at Manchester United, an institution many might have once believed was 100 per cent football club.

Broadcaster Gary Newbon has interviewed or worked with nearly them all. Clough. Ali. Big Jack. But as the title of his autobiography suggests, many know him best for his sparring with Alex Ferguson. 

Erik ten Hag’s side were humiliated 7-0 at Anfield by their arch-rivals in March.

40-year-old Welch is set to become the first female referee in top-flight history.

It's another busy weekend of top-flight English football action. 

Ireland captain Katie McCabe is named twenty fourth on the list after a fantastic year for both club and country.

Klopp’s team was the youngest in their history by some considerable margin to play a European game with an average age of just 21.9 years and six players aged 20 or under and that showed against the Belgian league leaders.

Liverpool’s top spot was already secure despite a second defeat but the win took Union into the Europa Conference League play-offs.

When he was just six-weeks-old, Finn O'Shea was diagnosed with underdeveloped kidneys

This season alone, United's statistics reflects their slump - 12 defeats and 11 wins in 24 matches.

Tuesday’s lifeless defeat confirmed United’s place at the bottom of a Champions League group many expected them to progress from.

Injuries mean third-choice keeper likely to start.

It is the sixth time they have failed to qualify for the knockout stages and just the second they have finished bottom of the group, the other being in 2005-06.