An XI Liverpool should pick v Manchester United – With Daniel Sturridge dropped & Steven Gerrard starting

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Should Daniel Sturridge and Steven Gerrard play from the offset?

Here’s the XI we think Brendan Rodgers should select to face bitter rivals Manchester United in our crunch top-four clash on Sunday…

What d’you reckon?

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GK) Simon Mignolet

First name on the team-sheet. Partly because of how well he’s been playing, and partly because of the complete lack of any backup option! Mignolet will desperate for yet another clean-sheet.

DRC) Emre Can

There’s no point in changing our back-three, even though Emre Can was undeniably shaky versus Swansea last time out. Still – the team didn’t concede – although the German powerhouse will need to be ultra careful with the likes of Angel di Maria, Juan Mata or Ashley Young finding looking to find space down his channel.

DC) Martin Skrtel

Skrtel relishes the central role in the back-three, and along with Mignolet, he kept up us in the game against Swansea in the first-half… He’ll need to keep an especially close eye on the rejuvenated Wayne Rooney, who’s likely to start up top on his own, and has a habit of bagging versus Liverpool.

DL) Mamadou Sakho

Sakho was rightly brought immediately back into the side on his return to fitness, at the expense of Dejan Lovren. There’s now way he’ll lose his spot against the Mancs.

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