Gary Neville names the player Michael Carrick should drop for Man Utd vs Liverpool clash

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Gary Neville expects Michael Carrick to make a change to his team for the game against Liverpool (Picture: Sky Sports) Gary Neville believes Michael Carrick will want to make a significant change to his Manchester United starting XI for Sunday’s heavyweight Premier League clash against Liverpool. Neville told Sky Sports: ‘If Cunha is fit, I think he will go with Cunha and Mbeumo, Bruno Fernadnes and Sesko.

I think he’ll go with that four and I’m not sure Amad will play. ‘But I think you’ll see a more cautious, tighter more compact, more defensively focused Manchester United than you saw in that first half tonight. ‘I don’t think he’ll start with five at the back, I think that would be wrong. He won’t do that, let’s be absolutely clear. ‘But he will get them a lot more switched on defensively.

I think it could be more of a game of chess on Sunday. ‘Not quite as much as it was in the second half against Brentford but I think it could be more of a struggle of a game where both managers are going to be quite cautious. ‘Not in the teams they pick but in the way they instruct their players to go out there and be compact and defensively solid.’ Cunha, United’s matchwinner in their previous outing against Chelsea, missed the win over Brenford with a hip injury. Asked to explain his absence prior to the game, Carrick said: ‘He had a bit of a sore hip flexor after the game against Chelsea,’ Carrick told Sky Sports. ‘He was looking quite promising during the week.