Premiership
Anfield
Sunday, 25 October; KO: 15.30

TEAM NEWS

Liverpool's dire injury situation looks to be easing,
with Fernando Torres (thigh) hopeful of returning.

Glen Johnson (groin) is also close to a comeback,
but Steven Gerrard is struggling with a similar problem.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson claims Wayne Rooney faces
an "uphill fight" to be passed fit.

Rooney has missed the last two games with a calf injury.

Darren Fletcher (groin) is a doubt, but Ryan Giggs and Patrice Evra return.

MATCH PREVIEW



Beach balls are banned

but is it nearly time for Liverpool to throw in the towel that is sold as part of the set?

Defeat against Manchester United would represent Liverpool's worst run of form
for 56 years and leave a ten-point chasm between these sides.


Liverpool pushed United until the penultimate game of last season's title race,
but could end the day virtually out of this one barely two months into the campaign.

Liverpool's official club merchandise Beach Set sold out in the wake of the giant red ball
that deflated them at Sunderland last weekend.


Manchester United fans are suspected of being behind the sudden demand,
but a vigorous search policy at the turnstiles is likely to deprive them
of a tribute to Darren Bent's winning goal at the Stadium of Light.

Nonetheless, the visitors arrive in buoyant mood, having maintained their


100% winning record in Europe in midweek



to extend their unbeaten run to 11 games in all competitions.

By contrast, Liverpool have lost their last four games to leave their league and European prospects on a knife-edge.

United, though, know not to write off their rivals;
Liverpool won without Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard in the starting line-up
when the clubs met at Anfield last season.


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