Solskjaer, Pogba and the role Manchester United have played in Liverpool's title bid
02/24/19 • 21 min
You'd be hard-pressed to argue that Sunday's trip to bitter rivals Manchester United isn't exactly that.
Should Jurgen Klopp's side win at Old Trafford they would move three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.
Even a draw would put a little bit of daylight between the Reds and the defending champions.
But it’s clear Liverpool will be facing a different United to the one they swept aside at Anfield in December.
That 3-1 victory, of course, led to Jose Mourinho’s sacking.
But since then United have won 11 of their last 13 games under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
So how has Solskjaer revived the club’s fortunes so dramatically?
To find out Paul Wheelock speaks to Samuel Luckhurst, who is the chief Manchester United writer for the Manchester Evening News.
They also talk:
▪ How Solskjaer has turned Paul Pogba into one of the best performing players in the world right now
▪ The latest on the fitness of Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingaard, and which one of those players is crucial to Solskjaer
▪ How the Virgil van Dijk deal was a watershed moment for United
▪ United's respect for Liverpool and how their summer transfer business has helped Liverpool in their quest for a first league title since 1990 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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You'd be hard-pressed to argue that Sunday's trip to bitter rivals Manchester United isn't exactly that.
Should Jurgen Klopp's side win at Old Trafford they would move three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.
Even a draw would put a little bit of daylight between the Reds and the defending champions.
But it’s clear Liverpool will be facing a different United to the one they swept aside at Anfield in December.
That 3-1 victory, of course, led to Jose Mourinho’s sacking.
But since then United have won 11 of their last 13 games under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
So how has Solskjaer revived the club’s fortunes so dramatically?
To find out Paul Wheelock speaks to Samuel Luckhurst, who is the chief Manchester United writer for the Manchester Evening News.
They also talk:
▪ How Solskjaer has turned Paul Pogba into one of the best performing players in the world right now
▪ The latest on the fitness of Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingaard, and which one of those players is crucial to Solskjaer
▪ How the Virgil van Dijk deal was a watershed moment for United
▪ United's respect for Liverpool and how their summer transfer business has helped Liverpool in their quest for a first league title since 1990 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Previous Episode
Blood Red: The midfield Liverpool must play and Jurgen Klopp's Manchester United mind games
Sam Carroll hosts the second and final Blood Red podcast of the week as the ECHO shuffle their pack.
Usual hosts Ian Doyle and Joe Rimmer are both ruled out, meaning third-choice Carroll steps to the fore.
Our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce is on board, though, and he's joined by two January signings for the ECHO, Caoimhe O'Neill, who is celebrating a month in her new role on the team, and Sean Bradbury, who was recently appointed as our sports audience editor.
With the massive game at Manchester United to come on Sunday, the quartet have a lot to get through and begin with Jurgen Klopp's pre-match press conference.
Klopp discussed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's work at Old Trafford since replacing Jose Mourinho and tipped the United legend to remain in the role beyond the end of this season.
Was it mind games? Or genuine flattery?
The panel are unanimous in their decision before moving on to the big debate - who should Klopp select in his midfield three against the Red Devils?
Another uniform decision is reached before tactics, Naby Keita, young stars and a lads' trip to Zagreb also make the cut.
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