3 reasons why Manchester United can inflict Liverpool's first league defeat this weekend

#2 Klopp's record against United is not the best

Klopp has beaten United once in eight league meetings

Since his appointment as Liverpool manager in October 2015, Jurgen Klopp has faced Manchester United eight times in the league, but has managed just one win and five draws. That solitary victory was significant though as it came in the 3-1 win in December 2018 which spelled the end of Jose Mourinho's time at United. It will be intriguing to see what the repercussions will be should Solskjaer suffer a defeat to the German tactician.

Manchester United were mired into their worst start to a league season and their confidence seemingly in pieces in the reverse fixture earlier this season. Liverpool were expected to roll up to Old Trafford and put United down to the ground. But United defied the form book and while Liverpool rescued a point, they looked bereft of ideas especially in the first-half.

Klopp's inability to puncture the United balloon more often was evident in the forgettable goalless draw in February 2019 - a result that in the grand scheme of things denied Liverpool the title last year. The German perhaps gives United far too much respect for the occasion, and fails to find the antidote to United's style of play, he could be looking at potential first league defeat of the current campaign.