The Preview - Liverpool vs Man Utd
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 3 January 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Tifo's Jon Mackenzie and The Athletic's Nick Miller are alongside Michael Bailey ahead of Sunday's meeting between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield.
Fresh from Real Madrid outlining their interest in Trent Alexander-Arnold we also hear the thoughts of both Simon Hughes and James Pearce on the future of the England international.
Plus, Carl Anka drops in with his take on a disappointing December for Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford having suffered four successive defeats in charge of Man United.
As well as focusing on the meeting at Anfield, there's also a look at some of the Premier League's other standout games of the weekend including Arsenal's visit to Brighton, Newcastle United heading to Tottenham and Nuno Espirito Santo returning to Molineux with his in-form Nottingham Forest.
Host: Michael Bailey
With: Jon Mackenzie and Nick Miller
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
Producer: Guy Clarke
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| 1:13.6 | Hello, I'm Michael Bailey and this is the preview from the Athletic FC podcast. |
| 1:18.5 | Matches don't get much bigger than this as league leaders Liverpool welcome arch-rivals Manchester United to Amfield. |
| 1:25.5 | One side has won 14 of their 18 league games and sits pretty |
| 1:29.6 | at the top of the table. The other has lost four in a row in all competitions. There's even |
| 1:34.6 | talk of a relegation battle. We'll preview that match and the picks of the Premier League. |
| 1:41.8 | Here for this one we have TIFO's John McKenzie and the athletics Nick Miller. |
| 1:47.3 | John, let's start with you. |
| 1:48.1 | We've reached the halfway point of the season. |
| 1:50.1 | Liverpool are not a secret. |
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