Liverpool vs Manchester United Football Live Score April 19, 2022

The Liverpool vs Manchester United live takes place Tuesday (April 19).
Time 8 p.m. BST / 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT
• U.S. — Watch on USA via Sling or Fubo.TV
• U.K. — Watch on Sky Sports or Now
• Watch anywhere — try ExpressVPN 100% risk free
Liverpool defeated Premier League leaders Manchester City 3-2 in the 2021-22 FA Cup semi-final, keeping their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple intact. Now they are set to lock horns with their traditional rivals Manchester United at Anfield in a crunch Premier League encounter. The English football giants met each other in the first leg at Old Trafford, where United faced an ignominious 0-5 loss on their home turf against the Reds.

Man United face a daunting task as they haven’t won at Anfield since 2016 and have only scored once in their last six away visits there. Liverpool have already won the EFL Cup, are in the FA Cup final, have entered the Uefa Champions League semi-finals and would be keen to get three points to put pressure on EPL leaders Man City.

The Reds haven’t lost in their last 10 matches at Anfield and have scored at least two goals in their last five games. Man United must be well drilled to halt the relentless attack of the Reds.

Manchester United’s head coach Ralf Rangnick is the mastermind behind geggenpressing, which means ‘counter-pressing’ in German. The ideology behind this tactic is to win the ball high up the pitch through intense pressing so that the team is only a pass away from a goal-scoring opportunity.

Rangnick implemented this tactic in his time at the German clubs Stuttgart, Hannover 96, Schalke, and RB Leipzig. Jurgen Klopp, the disciple of the United manager, has used this approach at Liverpool to achieve success.

Rangnick implemented this tactic in his time at the German clubs Stuttgart, Hannover 96, Schalke, and RB Leipzig. Jurgen Klopp, the disciple of the United manager, has used this approach at Liverpool to achieve success. Players need to be extremely fit and quick to thrive in this system and they should also know how to press as a unit. Liverpool have mastered geggenpressing but United, under Rangnick who joined midway into the season, are still adapting to it. Their first goal against Norwich City, where Anthony Elanga won the ball high upfield on the right flank to supply the goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo is the attestation of their adaption to this approach but it would be hard to pull this off against Klopp’s side.

Liverpool go into this game just one point behind Man City, with seven games remaining. However, Liverpool have by far the tougher run-in, with a local derby against Everton at the weekend, plus Tottenham still to play, a Champions League semi-final against Villarreal and the FA Cup final against Chelsea to negotiate. That makes this a must-win game for Jürgen Klopp’s team.

Man Utd may have mixed feelings about this fixture: Liverpool are their fierce rivals going back decades, but a win here would go a long way towards sending the Premier League title to the blue half of Manchester.