Liverpool play fierce rivals Manchester United in a pre-season friendly during the early hours of August 4 (UK time). The match takes place from the Williams-Brice Stadium, in the United States of America. Here is our Liverpool predicted lineup.<\/p>\n
Liverpool played with an unorthodox 4-4-2 formation against Real Betis in their first pre-season friendly but reverted to Arne Slot’s preferred 4-2-3-1 against Arsenal in their second.<\/p>\n
The defence remained unchanged from the Betis match. Caoimhin Kelleher started in goal, with Conor Bradley and Kostas Tsimikas the full-backs. Sepp van den Berg lined up next to Jarell Quansah.<\/p>\n
Read More:\u00a0<\/strong>Joe Gomez or Ibrahima Konate: Which Centre-Back Will Start for Liverpool?<\/a><\/p>\n Dominik Szoboszlai interestingly started next to Curtis Jones in the holding-midfield roles. Wataru Endo was the only player to be dropped for this match.<\/p>\n Fabio Carvalho and Mohamed Salah played on the wings with Harvey Elliott taking a central attacking role. Diogo Jota was the only change to the lineup, starting up front.<\/p>\n The standout performer from Liverpool’s 2-1 victory against Arsenal was easily Elliott. The 21-year-old has carried his 2023\/24 form into pre-season; he provided assists for both goals with excellent passes, and should have had a third as Jota missed a chance in the 30th minute. Other impressive performances came from fellow youngsters Quansah and Carvalho.<\/p>\n Slot’s set-up with Szoboszlai and Jones as a double-pivot worked well, at least for the first 40 minutes. Arsenal found it incredibly difficult to break them down with the Merseyside outfit looking more dangerous in the first-half.<\/p>\n Read More: <\/strong>Poor Liverpool Form Does Not Make Their Season a Failure<\/a><\/p>\n Liverpool also looked stronger in fitness and sharpness during a very high-tempo first hour of play. Whether this is the remaining effect of Jurgen Klopp’s legacy, or testament to Slot for maintaining the style of play is yet to be seen.<\/p>\n Fans should be very happy with the performance as their new manager has clearly implemented his own tactical changes whilst maintaining a high level of quality.<\/p>\nLiverpool\u2019s Recent Form and Tactics<\/h3>\n
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