Liverpool are hoping to return to the summit of the Premier League table tonight when they host Sheffield United at Anfield. After defeating Brighton 2-1 on Sunday and the draw between Manchester City and Arsenal, Liverpool had a two-point lead at the top going into this midweek set of fixtures.
Both Arsenal and Manchester City played last night and both secured home victories over Luton and Aston Villa respectively. Liverpool will return to the top of the table with victory tonight.
Liverpool have a huge game on the horizon on Sunday as they make the trip to Old Trafford to take on rivals Manchester United. But Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp’s full focus is on tonight’s match. “If I thought now about Man United, our people would have the right to think I’d been too long in the chair because that would make no sense.
“You cannot win football games and not respect the opponent. I’ve no chance to influence the Man Utd game in this moment.
“We will play the players available [against Sheff Utd]… we want to use them. Sheffield United deserve our full respect and will get that.”
Liverpool are set to welcome back Curtis Jones and Andrew Robertson from injury tonight. Jones has been out since mid-February and Robertson missed the win over Brighton after sustaining an injury on international duty with Scotland. However Japan midfielder Wataru Endo is a doubt after picking up a knock in the win over Brighton. Klopp confirmed yesterday that Diogo Jota, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Stefan Bajcetic and Alisson Becker are all set to return to full first-team training next week.
Liverpool have won the last six league meetings between the two sides, conceding just once. In the reverse fixture back in December Liverpool won 2-0 at Bramall Lane thanks to goals from Virgil van Dijk and Dominik Szoboszlai. That was Chris Wilder’s first game back in charge of Sheffield United.
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