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Liverpool v Man Utd team news | Shaqiri starts for Liverpool, no Matip

Liverpool face Manchester United in the Premier League's top of the table clash on Sunday afterno...



Liverpool v Man Utd team news...
Soccer

Liverpool v Man Utd team news | Shaqiri starts for Liverpool, no Matip

Liverpool face Manchester United in the Premier League's top of the table clash on Sunday afternoon, and the teams have been announced.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be looking to take United six points clear of their rivals, as his top sit atop the Premier League after Christmas for the first time since 2012-2013.

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was coy about the likelihood of Joel Matip's inclusion

"Joel is close. Does it now make sense to throw him into a game with one or two sessions, which he didn't do yet, but today and tomorrow he might be involved?

"To bring him [in], I don't know. We have to see, we have to decide, we have to look at him and how he will train, how he looks in training and these kind of things, but we have still different solutions.

"Hendo is very important in midfield for us as well, so we just have to see. It's not decided yet, why should I?"

Naby Keita is another of Liverpool's walking wounded, and Klopp says the midfielder definitely won't be involved come Sunday.

"Naby is not ready for involvement," Klopp revealed, "It's not a big thing; it's a little bit like with other players in the past when they came back from injuries and then because of the amount of games and situation in the squad they had to play.

"Then a little injury happened again. Now we just had to put on the brake and say, 'Let's settle it properly.' In the moment we have alternatives in midfield, so we really try to give him all the time he needs to get 100 per cent fit.

"That's the situation, so no, he is not in contention for Sunday."

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