Liverpool continued to build up for their trip to Old Trafford with a Friday afternoon training session - and our photographer was there to provide a gallery from Melwood.

The Reds travel to Manchester United this Sunday aiming to reclaim top spot in the Premier League.

Their work towards that target was ongoing on Friday and you can check in on those preparations below.

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Liverpool continued to build up for their trip to Old Trafford with a Friday afternoon training session - and our photographer was there to provide a gallery from Melwood.

Liverpool FC is offering free coach travel to help supporters who will be attending the Reds' Premier League away fixture against Southampton on Friday April 5.

The club will provide free coaches to supporters travelling to St Mary’s, with fans being asked to pay a reservation fee of £5 per seat. All proceeds received will go to the Seán Cox appeal, to help raise vital funds to support Seán’s rehabilitation.

The coaches will depart from and return to Arkles Lane in Liverpool.

Further details will be announced in due course.

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Liverpool FC is offering free coach travel to help supporters who will be attending the Reds' Premier League away fixture against Southampton on Friday April 5.

Liverpool's four Premier League fixtures for April have today been rescheduled for broadcast purposes.

The Reds’ encounter with Southampton at St Mary’s will be contested a day earlier, with the fixture now set for Friday April 5 at 8pm.

Our Anfield clash with Chelsea has been moved to Sunday April 14, with kick-off set for 4.30pm. This match is subject to further change in the event of Liverpool reaching the Champions League quarter-finals and scheduling.

The trip to Cardiff City will now be played on Sunday April 21, getting under way at 4pm.

Finally, Huddersfield Town’s visit to Anfield has been rescheduled for Friday April 26 with an 8pm kick-off.

All games will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.

Click here to view an updated fixture list.

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Liverpool's four Premier League fixtures for April have today been rescheduled for broadcast purposes.

LFC Foundation hosted a Road Safety Awareness football tournament for local youngsters at Anfield Sports and Community Centre on Friday.

The young Reds, who won Group C, were handed an away tie with the Croatian club during Friday’s draw in Nyon.

All last-16 ties, which will be played on March 12/13, are one-off games.

If Liverpool progress to the quarter-finals, they would face either Chelsea or Montpellier away from home.

Stay logged on to Liverpoolfc.com for confirmed fixture details.

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Liverpool U19s will visit Dinamo Zagreb in the last 16 of the UEFA Youth League.

Jürgen Klopp is certain Liverpool will be suitably prepared for the challenge of facing an in-form Manchester United side under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The Reds can reclaim top spot in the Premier League this weekend by securing a positive result at the home of their arch-rivals on Sunday.

United have won eight and drawn one of their nine league matches since Solskjaer was installed as caretaker manager, shortly after Liverpool had won the reverse fixture 3-1 at Anfield.

At his pre-match press conference, Klopp assessed how the opposition have changed in the past two months, how his team can win at Old Trafford, and more…

On what this weekend’s game means to him…

A lot: it’s the only game we have at the weekend and it’s against Manchester United. It’s a big one, absolutely a big one, and we know it is a difficult one as well. They are in a good moment – a really good moment – they are physically strong, they defend well, they attack well. Against Chelsea [in the FA Cup on Monday night], I saw the game and Chelsea were not as bad as everyone made them out to be after the game, but United scored in perfect moments and scored two brilliant goals. They are full of confidence, all that stuff, that’s how they’re going at the moment, that’s clear. We will go there and be as good as possibly prepared and try everything to get a result there, that’s the plan. You never know. Two strong teams will face each other and so it’s open until the final whistle. We try to use that time.

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On the difference between this United team and the one Liverpool played in December…

The way they play is obviously different, but everything I will say or could say now, people would make a story of it that it sounds disrespectful to Jose Mourinho – and there is no reason for that because he is an outstanding manager. It looked like in the end, they had a difficult time together. They found a solution for them how they want to improve that situation and that obviously worked out. Since Ole is there, pretty much everything changed. We see the Pogba Man United signed a couple of years ago, Herrera is in outstanding shape, all the offensive players were all there and were all good before but now they are full of confidence and use all their potential, so that makes a big difference. Sometimes it is how it is, you need some changes and in football it is very often the manager and it helps. It doesn’t always help, but sometimes it helps, in this case obviously it has helped. It is a different side, a different style, but still United and so they have all different ways in their toolbox to get results. They can still defend deep and all that stuff, they have to sometimes, and they play high pressure in different moments, so it’s all there, that’s good.

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On Liverpool’s current run of fixtures and teams trying to ‘stop them’…

There is Watford in the middle of the week as well, so we should not forget them. It’s how it is. With Bayern for sure, it’s nothing personal – it is that they want to be as successful as possible. I think for Man United it is the same. If they have as a little plus that with three points against us we cannot be champions or whatever, I don’t know if it is like that, if it is the case. It’s a big game anyway, it was always a big game and will always be a big game. We are always looking forward to playing there; it is a good atmosphere, it’s very exciting, all the stuff around, a lot of talk before – I don’t like it too much, but it’s normal. Then at the weekend [it is] Everton after Watford, which is difficult enough. Everton have their own situation and I don’t think they think too much about our title chances, they have to sort their own situation just as all of us have to do. To be honest, I didn’t think a second about Watford so far, not a second about Everton and didn’t think anymore about Bayern since yesterday. We play United and that’s tough enough.

On whether Paris Saint-Germain provided the blueprint for beating United…

Result-wise, it was the only team, but Tottenham played a pretty good game against United, to be honest. What is a blueprint? They were pretty cool with the ball, they passed a lot, they were really confident, good positioning, passing between the lines, and scoring in the right moment. You saw against Chelsea that United can play very, very well without Lingard and Martial because that was a proper line-up with Mata and Lukaku. But in the game when you have to change it, that changes much more, you cannot really adapt. They played the last five or six games before that with the same line-up and then you have to change like this in 15 minutes. That obviously didn’t work out and PSG used that. It was a bit of luck for PSG but they played a really good game, very demanding and looked in charge in most of the situations, they didn’t give a lot of counter-attacks away, which is a massive thing to do against United because whichever line-up they have, how they attack with whoever it is, will be quick on the offensive wings. From time to time they leave a player up, or two. You need to be 100 per cent concentrated. PSG did well, scored good goals in the right moment, and that always helps in football.

On the job done by Solskjaer since taking caretaker charge of United…

That’s probably the best record a manager ever had when he came in [during] a season. When we start the analysis, you get the last 10 games and winning is green – it was pretty green, to be honest. They had a few good results since he was in. I said it already, we are not magicians but the potential of this Man United team is good, that was always clear. It didn’t work out for different reasons and all that stuff, and he came in and obviously found exactly the right words and did exactly the right thing in training. I’m really happy for him that he got the opportunity to show his quality. He is doing it obviously. It’s not the best news for us but for Man United fans it’s obviously brilliant. He has all the things Sir Alex Ferguson stood for, because he was experienced in that time, with all the new things in football. That’s really good and makes them a threat again. They were always a threat in specific games but now, of course, they are really back on track. Everybody sees that – good for them.

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Jürgen Klopp is certain Liverpool will be suitably prepared for the challenge of facing an in-form Manchester United side under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Fabinho will return to Liverpool’s midfield contention for Sunday’s clash with Man United, with Jurgen Klopp hailing his flexibility as “unbelievably valuable.”

The Brazilian was needed to slot in at centre-back for the midweek draw with Bayern Munich in the Champions League, shining even in arguably his ‘weak’ side on the left of the pairing.

But with Virgil van Dijk back from suspension, Fabinho is now in line for a start in his natural role in midfield, with Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita, Gini Wijnaldum and James Milner also options.

It is highly likely the No. 3 starts, given his overriding influence on Liverpool after a slow start, and speaking on Friday, Klopp batted away a strange suggestion that Fabinho could stay as a centre-back for the long term.

Interestingly, the manager compared him to Emre Can, explaining how the club’s recruitment staff identified him due to his ability to play in midfield and defence, like the departed German.

“It’s brilliant to have him as an option for both positions, obviously,” Klopp said.

“I think his natural position is in midfield, but that he can play at centre-half makes him an unbelievably valuable player for us.

“We knew last year that we would lose Emre Can, who is of a similar profile, so it was so important [to replace him].

“That’s was always the plan, that we have him for that as well, but with the four centre-halves we have we didn’t think we would have to use him there, actually!

“But he can play the position, obviously, that’s really good. That helps us a lot.

“We will see what happens in the future, but I think he is a midfielder and we will use him most of the time in that position.”

Can’s importance for Liverpool has been somewhat forgotten due to the nature of his free transfer to Juventus, but as Klopp says, it was paramount he was replaced.

Fabinho appears to be a significant upgrade on the 25-year-old, too: a player who is more suited to the demands of Liverpool’s No. 6 role, as well as having the added height to comfortable deputise at centre-back.

Both have spent most of their international careers at right-back, too, and while this is clearly a last-resort option for the Reds, there will have been few players on the market that could have fit the mould.

And few that would have done so better than Fabinho who is, as Klopp attests, unbelievably valuable.

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Jurgen Klopp has welcomed the return of Virgil van Dijk and Xherdan Shaqiri, as he faces tough decisions over his lineup for Liverpool’s trip to Man United.

Van Dijk missed Tuesday night’s 0-0 draw with Bayern Munich due to suspension, but will be raring to go for a must-win Premier League clash at Old Trafford.

The Dutchman is a certainty to reclaim his role at the back, and is likely to partner Joel Matip as Fabinho returns to the pool of top-class midfielders at Klopp’s disposal.

Gini Wijnaldum, Naby Keita and Jordan Henderson can all lay claim to a starting spot in the middle of the park, while Shaqiri is also back from an abdominal injury, giving the manager another option to consider.

Speaking at Melwood on Friday, Klopp expressed his delight at the improving fitness of his squad, though Dejan Lovren and Joe Gomez are still out and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Rhian Brewster won’t be involved either.

“It’s really good to have him back,” he said, deflecting the narrative of Van Dijk being his new ‘colossus’, with one reporter pushing for a comparison with Ron Yeats.

“By the way, it’s the first time since I don’t know how many weeks that we have to make a choice.

“Between midfielders, full-backs, even centre-halves if I think about Fabinho again in that position, I could make a decision about it.

“So that’s good. That’s for us a good moment, so far this week obviously because of the Bayern it was more or less a recovery.

“But now we have two sessions to prepare for the game and that’s good.”

Klopp’s injury update provided little in terms of new information, having already ruled out Lovren before the Bayern game and with Gomez still recovering after surgery.

The most positive factor in his assessment on Friday was that Oxlade-Chamberlain is now working in “bigger parts” of training, though he added that the No. 21 is “not ready to play,” as expected.

“Dejan not in, Joe not in, I think pretty much all the rest are in training at least,” he continued.

“Rhian Brewster is still only [doing] little parts, Ox in bigger parts, but not ready to play.

“The rest trained and will train with us.

“Usually now I get a message that somebody’s ill, so I’m still a bit nervous about that! But until now I didn’t hear anything.”

Van Dijk, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, James Milner and Roberto Firmino have all struggled with illness in recent weeks, but the hope is that there will be no withdrawals from the squad ahead of Sunday.

In fact, Klopp is now relishing the increased strength of his squad and the ‘good problem’ of leaving senior players out of the matchday squad.

Of late, the likes of Curtis Jones and Rafa Camacho have been required to fill in on the substitutes’ bench due to injuries, but now it could be Alberto Moreno, Adam Lallana and Divock Origi who miss out instead.

Perhaps the most useful candidate to bring on late on in games is Shaqiri, who scored twice to seal a 3-1 win over United at Anfield back in December.

“It’s not difficult, now I have to make a decision about who starts for the first time,” Klopp explained.

“We always had a good lineup to start. Our problem was how can we change [from the bench]? That’s a problem.

“Maybe one or two players who are not 18 years old will not be in the squad. I don’t know in the moment, but that could happen.

“That’s all good, we need that. We need to have influence from the bench, that we can change, bring on players who are fit and not like Shaq against Bayern, having one session.

“Because of other things we thought if we need him for 10, 15 minutes we can bring him in at least.

“Now he had another five or six days in training, that always helps.

“That’s what you need in a very decisive period of the season. We created a basis, I said it a lot, we have to use it now.

“To use the situation you need the right number of players, because we have three games in the week—I don’t think about the other games but I know they will come.

“So it’s good. First time, and hopefully it stays like this, that we can make changes in the game, in the lineup, that’s what you need.

“Today is the best moment for a couple of weeks.”

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Jürgen Klopp discussed the importance of Fabinho's versatility, the return of Virgil van Dijk to face Manchester United, and the increased options he has to choose from during his pre-match press conference on Friday.

Read the manager’s thoughts on those three topics below…

On whether Fabinho has a long-term future at centre-back…

It’s brilliant to have him as an option for both positions, but his natural position is in midfield. That he can play centre-half makes him an unbelievably valuable player for us. We knew last year we’d lose Emre Can, who is a similar profile. It was so important, it was always the plan that we’d have [Fabinho] for that as well. With four centre-halves, we didn’t think we’d have to use him there actually. But he can play the position obviously, that’s really good and helps us a lot. We will see what happens in the future but he is a midfielder and we will use him most of the time in that position.

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On the importance of having Van Dijk available after suspension against Bayern Munich…

[It’s] very [important], like he always is. But the most important thing is that we didn’t miss him as much as, again, a lot of people expected us to miss him – because we defend as a unit. It makes life a bit easier for Virg and for Fabinho as well. In front of him Hendo played an outstanding game; if he would not have been as spot-on as he was then Fabinho would have struggled, and Virg would have struggled in the last couple of games. It’s really good to have him back, of course. It’s the first time for I don’t know how many weeks that we have to make a choice between midfielders, full-backs, even centre-half if I think about Fabinho again in that position. I could make a decision about it. That’s good. For us, it’s a good moment. So far this week because of the Bayern game, it was only more or less recovery but now we have two sessions to prepare the game. That’s good and it’s different for us. I’m really looking forward to it.

On his selection options in midfield…

It’s not difficult. The thing is, we always had a good line-up to start, our problem was how could we change? That’s the problem. Maybe one or two players who are not 18 years old will not be in the squad, I don’t know in the moment but that could happen. That’s all good, we need to have influence from the bench, that we can change and bring on players who are fit. Not like Shaq against Bayern, having one session before that but because of other things, we thought if we needed him for 10 or 15 minutes we could bring him at least. Now he is another five or six days in training, which always helps. That’s what you need in a very decisive period of the season. We created a basis we have to use now, and for using the situation you need the right number of players because we have three games in a week. I don’t think about the other two games but I know they will come. Hopefully it stays like this, that we can make changes in the game, in the line-ups and all that stuff. That’s what you need. Hopefully it stays like this, it’s the best moment for a couple of weeks.

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Jürgen Klopp discussed the importance of Fabinho's versatility, the return of Virgil van Dijk to face Manchester United, and the increased options he has to choose from during his pre-match press conference on Friday.

Dejan Lovren will miss Liverpool's clash with Manchester United on Sunday, Jürgen Klopp has confirmed.

The defender is continuing his recovery from a hamstring issue sustained against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup on January 7 and won't be available for the trip to Old Trafford this weekend.

Elsewhere, long-term absentees Joe Gomez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Rhian Brewster are the Reds' only other players ruled out of the contest with United.

Klopp told his pre-match press conference on Friday morning: “Dejan is not in, Joe is not in, but I think pretty much all the rest are in training at least.

“Rhian Brewster is still only in little parts [of training], Ox in bigger parts but not ready to play. The rest have trained and will train with us, but there is still a little bit of time.

“Usually now I get the message that somebody is ill in the last three weeks, so I am still a bit nervous about that!

“But until now I didn’t hear anything.”

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Dejan Lovren will miss Liverpool's clash with Manchester United on Sunday, Jürgen Klopp has confirmed.

It’s one of the biggest games of the season every year, but how well do you remember the rivalry with Man United in the Premier League era?

Games against those from down the East Lancs Road are never ones to look forward to, especially in the Premier League era.

Liverpool have recorded just three wins at Old Trafford in the last 15 years, so you might be forgiven for forgetting some of what’s happened in these games in recent years.

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Klopp says Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should "100 per cent" get permanent job By James Dale

Last Updated: 22/02/19 12:03pm

1:25 Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool will play a hugely improved Manchester United Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool will play a hugely improved Manchester United

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool will play a different Manchester United team to the one they beat earlier this season - including a transformed Paul Pogba.

Jose Mourinho's United side were beaten 3-1 at Anfield in December last year, days before the Portuguese's sacking.

Klopp said it would be "disrespectful" to disregard Mourinho's style, but the Liverpool boss admitted caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has rejuvenated United's best talents.

"They have found a solution and it has worked out," Klopp said. "Since Ole was there pretty much everything changed.

"We see the Pogba that Man Utd signed a couple of years ago, and [Ander] Herrera in outstanding shape.

"They were all good before but now they are full of confidence and use their potential. That makes a big difference. Sometimes you need changes, and in football it's very often the manager, that helps. In this case obviously it helped.

Paul Pogba has scored nine goals in his last 11 matches

"It is a different side, a different style, but still United. They have all different ways in their toolbox to get results."

Solskjaer has won 11 of his 13 fixtures since taking interim charge of the club, with the only blemish a 2-0 defeat to Paris St Germain in the Champions League.

Ahead of the Reds' trip to Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon, live on Sky Sports Premier League, Klopp said: "He has the quality and he had the luck in the right moment.

"He's in charge and there is no doubt that he will be the manager next year as well, that's clear.

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"Can you imagine one situation when they say 'we are bringing in another manager'? Then a new manager will lose one game and that's not possible.

"He deserves (the job) 100 per cent, he did everything that you have to do to be successful with them."

Solskjaer admitted he may call on Sir Alex Ferguson to come into the dressing room before Sunday's match against Liverpool, live on Sky Sports Premier League.

"I'm really happy for him," Klopp added. "It's not the best news for us but for all Manchester United fans it's brilliant.

"They've brought in all the things Sir Alex Ferguson stood for with all the new things in football.

"That makes them a threat again. They are really back on track. Good for them."

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Last Updated: 22/02/19 9:44am

1:03 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial will be fit for Sunday's eagerly-awaited clash with Liverpool. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hopes Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial will be fit for Sunday's eagerly-awaited clash with Liverpool.

Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial could be fit to return for Manchester United against Liverpool on Renault Super Sunday, according to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

The pair had been expected to be out of action until the end of the month after picking up injuries during United's Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on February 12.

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Lingard pulled up shortly before half-time in the first leg of the last-16 tie at Old Trafford with what appeared to be a hamstring injury, while Martial was injured earlier in the game and played on until the interval but did not reappear for the second half.

Lingard has been recovering from a hamstring injury

However, Solskjaer confirmed in his media conference on Friday that both players could return to first-team training ahead of the fixture against their rivals.

"We are looking okay," Solskjaer said. "I hope Jesse will be okay. I more hope than think Anthony will be okay.

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"They have got to get through these two sessions, they have not been part of it [training] yet. They have been doing some recovery work.

"Every single player has their attributes and I think we showed against Chelsea that we can manage without them.

"We have got options, it is a big squad with good players and everyone is eager to play this game. If they [Martial and Lingard] don't make it, then it might be the same team that played against Chelsea."

0:32 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he is not planning any 'mind games' but Sir Alex Ferguson is welcome to address the Manchester United squad if he would like to. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he is not planning any 'mind games' but Sir Alex Ferguson is welcome to address the Manchester United squad if he would like to.

Solskjaer's record of 11 wins in his 13 matches since taking caretaker charge at Old Trafford means his United side go into the meeting with Liverpool full of confidence that they can inflict just a second league defeat of the season on Jurgen Klopp's side.

Despite already inspiring his team to wins over Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham, Solskjaer knows that the big matches can be decided by just one mistake.

Anthony Martial suffered an injury in the first half against PSG but may return against Liverpool

"We have to perform better than we did against PSG," Solskjaer said. "It's a big game, a big team. We have got to learn from that experience. We have got to stay focused for the whole game.

"Suddenly we are not underdogs any more, suddenly people praise us, they think now is the time to play them.

"All these games are decided on little margins. That is the deciding factor in these big games."

2:07 Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has praised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for his 'outstanding' work since taking over at Manchester United. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has praised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for his 'outstanding' work since taking over at Manchester United.

While their opponents on Sunday are engrossed in an epic battle for the title with Manchester City and Tottenham, United's return to form under Solskjaer has seen them climb into the top four - with just a point between them, Arsenal and Chelsea - but the Norweigan insists his attention remains firmly on beating Liverpool.

"I am not really focusing on what other teams are doing," he said. "I am focusing on us and what we have to do, to get where we want to be.

"It is a three-horse race for the top, and it is a three-horse race for the fourth position, so that is more my focus - but now it is of course this game.

"I feel we have taken a few steps in the right direction, in the process of becoming what we want to become. That we are a team that challenges higher up the league.

"It's not about pride, it's onto the next one. I never look back, I just want to see forward."

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