{"id":511516,"date":"2025-10-19T08:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/511516\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T08:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:46:13","slug":"liverpool-vs-man-utd-five-pre-match-predictions-from-rooney-keane-redknapp-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/511516\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool vs Man Utd: Five pre-match predictions from Rooney, Keane, Redknapp et al."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool face Man Utd on Sunday looking to an end a run of three straight defeats in all competitions with the Reds needing a win to keep on Arsenal\u2019s\u00a0coattails.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils beat Sunderland last time out \u2013 but head coach Ruben Amorim has failed to win back-to-back Premier League matches in his 34 games in charge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal and Manchester City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-bore-infuriate-liverpool-premier-league-title-path\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>won on Saturday<\/strong><\/a> to put more pressure on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool<\/strong><\/a> with the Reds needing a victory to keep pace at the top of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\/table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the table<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five pundits to give your their prediction ahead of one of the biggest matches in the English football calendar\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harry Redknapp<\/p>\n<p>Redknapp told BetVictor: \u201cThe big game of the week, and all of a sudden, a fascinating clash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiverpool have lost three in a row, but they\u2019ve all been away from home, which can happen. I do think we\u2019ll see an improvement from them here; the fans will make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for United, they beat Sunderland last time, but they gave up plenty of chances and it wasn\u2019t the most convincing display.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey actually played very well here last season and might have even won that game, so I wouldn\u2019t write them off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might be wrong, but I think this is the sort of game where we\u2019ll see Liverpool show just why they were champions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redknapp added:\u00a0\u201cOne to watch\u00a0\u2014\u00a0I\u2019m cheating and picking two players here,\u00a0Alexander Isak\u00a0and\u00a0Florian Wirtz. So much has been written about these two big-money signings,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of it has been fair; some of it\u2019s been a bit overblown. This would be the perfect game to show their quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-nottingham-forest-sack-ange-postecoglou-0-3-chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postecoglou sack swift but not quick enough as Chelsea highlight Forest f*** up<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wayne Rooney<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his BBC Sport show, Rooney predicted: \u201cJust with Liverpool losing three games, I think that pride kicks in and the fans will know, the fans are not stupid, they know and will get behind the team and push them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo for United, I think going there, if United come away with a point, I think that would be huge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the pressure for this game, I think purely because I don\u2019t think United fans will be expecting three points in this game, where in other games they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019ll go in a say, if we can get a point we\u2019ll be happy with that, where I think for Liverpool, if Liverpool lose four games in a row and they lose to Manchester United at Anfield, I think the pressure is definitely on Liverpool for this game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rooney continued: \u201cI think when you bring so many new players in, they\u2019ve all probably got a bit of an ego in their own way, all wanting to do well and find that chemistry with each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that hasn\u2019t quite hit off yet, even though they won the first five games, I think the last three games has shown everyone and exposed those first five games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a good reset time for Liverpool with where they are at the minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ally McCoist<\/p>\n<p>McCoist told TNT Sports: \u201cLiverpool are an interesting one \u2013 they\u2019ve lost the last three and gone from scoring late goals to conceding late goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I just think they will have enough for United at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s definitely been an improvement at United, but I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s enough improvement to see off a Liverpool side who, on their day, can beat anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to go 3-1 to Liverpool,\u201d Keane said on\u00a0The Overlap.<\/p>\n<p>While Gary Neville confirmed Jamie Carragher\u2019s prediction, adding: \u201c2-1 to Liverpool, he (Carragher) is going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/amorim-replacements-iraola-glasner-chaotic-classic-farke-sack-3pm-blackout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amorim replacements oversee chaotic classic as Farke inherits sack race lead \u2013 F365\u2019s 3pm Blackout<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool face Man Utd on Sunday looking to an end a run of three straight defeats in all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,225,179,98,12,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-511516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115399962312899379","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}