Is renewed again as Liverpool travel to Manchester United for an FA Cup quarter-final. The kick off is at 3.30pm and we will have all the build up from the match, including the ITV television coverage and updates from our reporters at Old Trafford. The draw for the semi-finals will follow the game. Coventry and Manchester City are already in the hat, Chelsea and Leicester are still playing: the Stamford Bridge side looked to be cruising at 2-0 but a freak own goal has let the Foxes back into it at 2-1, and Raheem Sterling also missed a pen. You can follow that one by clicking the link.
Our full attention will be on Old Trafford, where Erik ten Hag’s side have suffered a blow in the lead-up to this fixture with the news that Casemiro is injured. The Brazil coach made that announcement.
Manchester United midfielder Casemiro is out of the Brazil squad for this month’s friendlies against England and Spain due to injury, coach Dorival Junior said, with Porto winger Pepe set to take his place.
Casemiro is the latest absence for Brazil, following injuries to Man City keeper Ederson, Arsenal striker Gabriel Martinelli and Paris St Germain defender Marquinhos, ahead of a match at Wembley on March 23 and one in Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu three days later.
“From a preliminary list of 50 names, 13 had already been ruled out by injury at their clubs,” coach Junior said. “Unfortunately, we also lost Casemiro. Pepe, from Porto, a forward by origin and now a midfielder, has been called up.”
Brazil play England next weekend.
Ten Hag said of this Cup encounter: “I think we have to save the season. We know we have to catch up in the Premier League but now we have an opportunity to win silverware. The only opportunity is the FA Cup, so we are only three wins away but big games and we have to play our best.
“Thisis a test for us, but we like the test, we like the challenges and we can be, to a certain range, relaxed because we believe in ourselves. But we have to prove (that).”
“So, of course, it’s about sticking together,” Ten Hag said. “You have to face it together and make sure we are always on one page together. You know around Manchester United there will always be noise.
“Don’t get distracted from it and know together where we are going. What is the project? But also what is the process?
“Then everyone knows why we are in the position that we are and how can we improve it? Then the attitude, always give your best. Every day deliver, then finally you will achieve your aims and your goals.”