Liverpool looking to stay on top hosting old rival Man U

Liverpool looking to stay on top hosting old rival Man U

Liverpool will try to maintain its place at the top of the league table on Sunday when the rival Manchester United pay a visit to Anfield.

Jurgen Klopp's squad is unbeaten with six victories in its last eight league games and moved above Arsenal into the league lead with a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace that featured the latest in a season of dramatic rallies.

Liverpool (11-1-4, 37 points) was down a goal for much of the second half before Palace's Jordan Ayew was dismissed for his second yellow card offense.

From there, Mohamed Salah scored his 11th league goal on a deflected shot and Harvey Elliott steered a left-footed, 20-yard winner into the bottom right corner early in second-half stoppage time.

That brought Liverpool's total to 18 points earned after falling behind, a trend that began back in August in a 3-1 win over Bournemouth in its home opener.

"That helps the process definitely if you get through it," Klopp said of learning to win from behind. "If you don't get through it, it's the opposite actually. But we got through this and that was extremely helpful."

Things have been more turbulent for Erik ten Hag's Manchester United (9-7-0, 27 points) in part because they've