Liverpool team news: Alisson Becker and Joel Matip primed to return from injury vs Manchester United
Jurgen Klopp is looking to maintain the Reds’ 17-game win streak that has positioned them eight points clear at the top of the table
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool have received a boost ahead of this weekend’s match against Manchester United with Joel Matip’s return to training alongside Alisson Becker.
The Cameroonian centre-back picked up a knock against Sheffield United on September 28, ruling him out of games against Salzburg and Leicester.
The Reds confirmed Matip took part in training on Wednesday, putting him in contention to face United this weekend.
The game could also see Alisson return to the pitch having been out with a calf injury since the opening Premier League game of the season against Norwich.
Jurgen Klopp could pick both for the trip to Old Trafford, meaning Adrian and Dejan Lovren could drop out of the side that beat the Foxes before the international break.
The Reds are looking to maintain their win streak with one more victory set to take them level with Manchester City on 18 successive wins – a Premier League record.
While Trent Alexander-Arnold has revealed prior setbacks have helped to make Klopp’s side stronger.
“The players that we have in our side have all had failures before, we’ve all had setbacks and knockbacks,” Alexander-Arnold told Premier League Productions.
“We’ve really bounced back from there and got to where we are now and where we are as a team. The biggest example of that is probably the fact that we lost the Champions League final the season before and were able to use that as motivation to get back there and win it the next season.
“It’s something a lot of teams aren’t capable of, but we’ve showed that we are and we’re able to get better from disappointment.”
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