Rather like the first half, Liverpool are controlling the game but just a little bit susceptible to conceding. As long as it remains just 1-0 there will be a nervy tension hanging around Anfield. 

Half a chance for Roberto Firmino, but the Liverpool forward sees his shot from an acute angle blocked by an away defender.

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Shane Daly: I would love a Man Utd v Liverpool Europa League final. Uefa won't like that, but we would.

MJC1973: Very cold at Anfield. Good first-half performance. Augsburg keeper is the only reason Liverpool are not 3-0 up. Problem is at only 1-0 it's a worry.

Ayo Obit: Reading the live text on the train and it looks like Liverpool are missing loads of good chances! Where's Christian Benteke?

Joe Riley came off the bench against Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup on Monday. He makes his first senior start tonight.

The 19-year-old from Blackpool started out as a midfielder but has been playing at left-back for the United Under-21 side. 

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Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal hands 19-year-old Joe Riley his first start. The Blackpool-born youngster played the second half of Monday's 3-0 FA Cup win at Shrewsbury.

Defender Chris Smalling is missing with a shoulder injury while young full-back Cameron Borthwick-Jackson is also missing.

Manchester United XI: Romero, Varela, Carrick, Blind, Riley, Herrera, Schneiderlin, Lingard, Mata, Depay, Martial.

Oh, Daniel, Daniel, Daniel. 

Somebody of Daniel Sturridge's class should really be hitting the target from 12 yards out. 

The Liverpool striker is picked out by Philippe Coutinho, who wins the ball back inside the Augsburg half, but fires wide of the far post.

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And talking of team news, we have just been handed the two sheets from Old Trafford and White Hart Lane....

Tottenham revert to a familiar-looking side minus, of course, Harry Kane. He has a smashed up nose.

Injury-hit Manchester United name just about the only side they can...

Quick reminder of the two teams for any stragglers out there...

Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lucas, Sakho, Moreno, Can, Henderson, Milner, Firmino, Sturridge, Coutinho. Subs: Ward, Toure, Benteke, Origi, Smith, Teixeira, Chirivella. 

Augsburg: Hitz, Verhaegh, Janker, Klavan, Stafylidis, Esswein, Altintop, Werner, Koo, Caiuby, Kohr. Subs: Manninger, Opare, Parker, Moravek, Bobadilla, Max, Rieder. 

Referee: Clement Turpin (France) 

Liverpool's turn to get this show on the road. That's exactly what they do.

Adam Jones: Missing the game due to being on a train. The lady next to me keeps looking at me as though I'm Darth Vader.

She wouldn't be called Karen by any chance, Adam? (see 6.38pm entry)

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Just over an hour to kick-off at White Hart Lane...

Kev: Really confident about Man Utd tonight. We may even get a shot on target...

Tottenham's eight-match unbeaten run, which included seven consecutive victories, was ended by Crystal Palace at the weekend.

And with a hosts of tough-looking fixtures on the horizon - including West Ham, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United in the next six weeks - manager Mauricio Pochettino admits his side face a crucial juncture in maintaining their momentum.

"We are in a key period. The period ahead is very important for us, it is a period where we play a lot of important games," says Pochettino. 

"The loss to Palace has not affected the group. We played better than Crystal Palace and we need to keep our motivation because we have important games coming up." 

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The picture is much rosier for the third of our English trident tonight. Like Manchester United, Tottenham have an away goal in the bag. Unlike United, they are level pegging after a credible 1-1 draw at Italian side Fiorentina.

Spurs took the lead in the first half when Ben Davies was fouled inside the area and Nacer Chadli rolled home the subsequent penalty.

However, Federico Bernardeschi equalised when his deflected strike looped into the net.

Dele Alli shot over late on for Spurs, but a draw was a fair result.

Oh, 1999. I was still at school, Britney Spears ruled the charts and Manchester United dominated English and European football. How quickly things change. And in the same year FC Midtjylland were only just being formed.

But tonight the Danish champions are 90 minutes from dumping the Red Devils out of the Europa League.

"Coming to Old Trafford is the match of their lives," said Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal. "I was not a great player, but I was always at my best in a full stadium."

Luckily for Van Gaal, the famous old stadium will be far from full tonight...

Sorry to remind you Manchester United fans - but I have to go through what happened a week ago.

The Red Devils were without a number of injured players, including Wayne Rooney, and lost David de Gea in the warm-up. But that is little excuse for producing another underwhelming display as they lost 2-1 to the Danish minnows.

United took the lead through Memphis Depay's shot but Sergio Romero, who stepped in for De Gea, was unable to prevent Pione Sisto equalising.

United's Jesse Lingard hit the bar before Paul Onuachu struck the winner.

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We're not too far away from hearing the team news from Old Trafford and White Hart Lane. So let's remind ourselves what is happening in Manchester and north London tonight...

Quite....