It's very true that Liverpool are the clear favourite for this one, but you see this Manchester united side, they are very much unpredictable in their performance, which we can all attest to the fact of how their performance against Chelsea at the dieing minutes of that encounter, and when you expect the least from them, that's when they are going to surprise everyone and win convincingly, so ruling them out completely against Liverpool regardless of their defensive record this season is not ideal, besides, I don't think Liverpool will take them lightly due to the fact that their immediate past meeting between them in FA cup didn't ends well for the Liverpool side, so I believe that they will definitely go full strength against Manchester united in today's encounter, so in as much as it's going to be a fascinating encounter between them, it's also going to be an open tie also, so any of this team can win this tie regardless of people's expectations.
Manchester United's painful defeat against Chelsea in their last match will certainly have quite a big impact on this match against Liverpool.
In terms of mentality and self-confidence in Manchester United players, it is very bad now and also if you look at it from the other side, the Liverpool team also has quite a lot of motivation to win to maintain its position at the top of the standings.
As for what happens in the next match, I don't think it will have a big impact and it must be admitted that this match will still be difficult because even though this is a prestigious match between two teams that have been a rivalry for a very long time, this will make the match It's going to be fierce, but we also have to look realistically at the strength and motivation of both teams.
Yes, this defeat should have affected the mentality of the Man United players because they almost won the match but in the end it was Chelsea who won the match and made Man United have to bear the shame of being happy before the final whistle sounded, and Chelsea themselves did not give up even though their hopes were small. but the mentality of the Chelsea players in that match was good enough that they were able to use the time in the final minutes to win.
That was last season, but this season is different. Liverpool wants to get a prestigious title and they gave up the FA Cup title when they were defeated by Man United. Now it's time for Liverpool to avenge their previous defeat in the PL and not let Man Utd win a single point in this match because Liverpool will try to be strong to win and catch up with the other 2 teams who have won first.