Liverpool vs. Man United: Reds confirm outcome of safety meeting with bad weather putting showdown in severe doubt

Liverpool's location Premier League contention with Manchester United is on, with the fixture betwixt the 2 astir palmy clubs successful English shot going up arsenic planned astatine Anfield connected Sunday afternoon.

Snow fell overnight successful the Liverpool area, starring to suggestions that the clash could beryllium postponed owed to atrocious weather and concerns implicit question to and from Anfield.

Amber upwind warnings for snowfall and freezing rainfall are successful spot successful some Liverpool and Manchester, and Liverpool City Council's Safety Advisory Group held a gathering connected Sunday greeting to sermon the situation.

"A information gathering was held this greeting to measure the upwind and question conditions for today's fixture against Manchester United astatine Anfield," Liverpool said successful a connection connected Sunday morning. "At this signifier the lucifer is planned to spell up arsenic mean and each effort is being made to get the crippled on.

"A further information gathering volition instrumentality spot again astatine midday to measure the latest conditions. We volition update supporters conscionable arsenic soon arsenic we can. Please instrumentality other attraction retired there, Reds."

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Liverpool corroborate Man United clash volition spell up arsenic planned

Liverpool person present provided an update connected the concern pursuing a 2nd meeting, with the clash confirmed to beryllium going ahead.

"Today's fixture against Manchester United volition spell up arsenic planned. Two information meetings were held earlier to measure the upwind and question conditions," said the statement.

"We convey everyone progressive successful helping america to get this crippled connected today. If you're travelling to Anfield past delight instrumentality other care. We look guardant to seeing you there."

The Merseyside derby, scheduled for the commencement of December, had to beryllium postponed owed to Storm Darragh, which caused dense winds crossed the bulk of the United Kingdom, starring to a reddish informing from the Met Office.

However, Liverpool person avoided a 2nd postponement of the season, with the Reds acceptable to proceed their Premier League run astatine location to Ruben Amorim's Man United squad connected Sunday afternoon.

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Where are Liverpool, Man United successful the Premier League table?

Man United volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of 4 consecutive losses successful each competitions, including their past 3 successful the Premier League against Bournemouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Newcastle United.

Amorim's squad are presently down successful 14th spot successful the Premier League table, lone 7 points supra the relegation zone, portion they beryllium immoderate 14 points disconnected the apical four.

Liverpool, connected the different hand, are enjoying an fantabulous campaign, with Arne Slot's broadside apical of the division, 5 points wide of second-placed Arsenal with 2 games successful hand.

The Reds would fortify their grip connected archetypal presumption successful the array with a triumph implicit Man United, and they volition beryllium looking to grounds their 15th league occurrence of the run against their struggling opponents.

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