No start for Philippe Coutinho as Liverpool and Manchester United teams named

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reacts as Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho looks on.

“Roberto is a footballer from here (gesturing to his head) to toe and he wants to stay in the game”, Klopp said.

Liverpool has drawn three and lost one of its four games in 2017.

United remain sixth on the log with 40points while Liverpool are third with 45 points behind leaders Chelsea and Tottenham.

With United besieging the Liverpool penalty area with a barrage of long balls, it seemed only a matter of time before the home side notched the leveller.

The teams defended well, limiting the opponent to few opportunities, but their attacking play lacked sparkle.

“We can not look at it”. I don’t think we played well (against Liverpool) but when you don’t play well and you don’t lose it’s a massive bonus. United had adopted a more direct approach in the final minutes after sending on the Belgian, with the German conceding that this “long ball” approach had been hard to deal with. “It makes the final result and the way we played flawless”.

But the game itself failed to live up to its billing, as the teams played to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford.

“It wasn’t the right result but we were down 1-0 so it wasn’t a bad result”.

“I hoped we would have a bit of luck – unfortunately not”.

“They scored straight after half-time and that is tough mentally for the players”.

I think this game will be our biggest test of the season so far – with maybe a slight exception for City; we managed to get Chelsea and Arsenal when they weren’t playing their best. In the end it was a yellow card for the guy who wanted to play football.

James Milner kept his cool to send the spot kick past David De Gea and give the visitors the advantage after 27 minutes.

“His quality is massive and everybody is delighted he is back on the field and he can help us”. Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet warrants special praise for making decisive saves when called upon.

Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool have the attitude and character to cope against in-form Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Klavan tended to agree with the Red Devils boss.

“We have different things to do”, Klopp said.

Pogba also missed a great chance to level the scores when through on goal.