Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp, is reportedly going to rest his mainstay player, Mohamed Salah, against Manchester United. The reason is, Klopp wants to share his intensity with the other players on the field.
In fact, Klopp reportedly not only rested Salah. There are a number of other mainstay players who will be rested, namely Allison Becker, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
He planned these changes carefully before the match. However, the actual tactics are of course kept under wraps by Klopp. Remember, this is an exciting moment to host Man United at Anfield.
“Nobody was hurt. Nobody was hurt, so we recovered, went home and went again,” said Klopp in a Man United release, quoted on Saturday (16/12/2023).
“We just want to share the intensity. Would I like to play Joe Gomez 90 or Ibou (Ibrahima Konata) 90 (minutes), if we have the opportunity to do so?” he continued.
“(So I decided) 45 and 45 minutes, the same in midfield. “These changes were planned before the match, regardless of the result,” explained Klopp.
With the conditions above, it will be interesting to look forward to the Liverpool vs Manchester United duel. The match will be held at Anfield Stadium, on Sunday 17 December 2023 at 23.30 WIB.
Liverpool itself is currently successful. They are at the top of the 2023-2024 Premier League standings with a collection of 37 points. The Reds successfully picked up 11 wins, four draws and one loss from the 16 matches they played.
Meanwhile, Man United is actually in sixth place in the standings. They have recorded nine wins and seven defeats in 16 matches. Man United has the ambition to achieve a positive trend after previously losing to Bournemouth 0-3.
This duel itself was a big highlight. Because, Man United itself is known to have suffered a crushing defeat last season when they visited Liverpool’s headquarters with a score of 0-7.
