Man Utd's huge Anfield target

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Manchester United against Liverpool remains one of the standout fixtures in the English domestic calendar.
Bizarrely, while they are England's most successful clubs with 20 titles each, their periods of dominance have largely coincided with the other being in a slump.
For all their respective triumphs, they have only finished first and second on five occasions - the last time being in 2008-09.
It doesn't seem likely United will finish in the top two this season, but they have a massive incentive on Sunday afternoon.
Firstly, it is the third successive away game where they will aim to win back-to-back Premier League matches under Ruben Amorim for the first time, having lost at Manchester City and Brentford last month.
Secondly, it is a chance to win at Anfield for the first time since 2016 and condemn Liverpool to a fourth successive defeat in all competitions, something which Amorim experienced in December 2024.
Amorim will speak to the media shortly and it will be interesting to see whether Brazilian duo Casemiro and Matheus Cunha are being considered for starts, given they just played internationals in Japan and South Korea.