Manchester United vs Liverpool LIVE: FA Cup team news and line-ups as Rasmus Hojlund and Mohamed Salah start quarter-final

Erik ten Hag challenged Manchester United to “save the season” as they host rivals Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

“We have to save the season together,” he said. “We know we have to catch up in the Premier League.

“Now we have an opportunity to win silverware, the only opportunity is the FA Cup and we are only three wins away.

“They are big games against Liverpool and we have to play our best. Sunday is a test for us but we like the test.

“We like a challenge and we can, within a certain range, be relaxed because we believe in ourselves, but on Sunday we have to prove that.”

Mohamed Salah starts for Liverpool at Old Trafford alongside Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz. Joe Gomez is preferred to Conor Bradley at right back, while Ryan Gravenberch returns to the Liverpool bench.

Liverpool: Kelleher, Gomez, Quansah, Van Dijk, Robertson, Mac Allister, Endo, Szoboszlai, Salah, Nunez, Diaz

Subs: Adrian, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Clark, McConnell, Danns, Bradley.

Rasmus Hojlund starts for Manchester United after recovering from injury, as Erik ten Hag’s side welcome back Aaron Wan-Bissaka after two months out. Diogo Dalot shifts to left back as Wan-Bissaka returns, while Hojlund’s reutrn to the starting line-up should see Marcus Rashford go back to left wing.

There is no Casemiro in the squad but Harry Maguire and Mason Mount return to the Manchester United bench – with Mount back after four months out.

Man Utd: Onana, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Lindelof, Dalot, McTominay, Mainoo, Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, Hojlund

Subs: Amrabat, Maguire, Mount, Eriksen, Diallo, Antony, Heaton, Kambwala, Forson.

Manchester United XI: Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Lindelof, Dalot; McTominay, Mainoo; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund

Liverpool XI: Kelleher; Gomez, Quansah, Van Dijk, Robertson; Endo, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Nunez, Diaz

Just a couple of minutes until we get the line-ups from Old Trafford…

Liverpool’s pursuit of the quadruple has continued despite Klopp’s side going through an injury crisis, with academy graduates playing a key role in their 3-0 victory over Southampton in the previous round, which came just days after the likes of Bobby Clark, Jayden Danns and James McConnell helped beat Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final.

The Reds are closer to full strength now, but Klopp suddenly has more depth to work with: “We have developed a lot during the season – we don’t change the way we play, the boys know what they have to do when they come on, and when they don’t play they train at least in the same way, so if they do step on to the pitch they know what they have to do. It is not always ‘something else, something else’.

“Everything around changed but we didn’t, we just played the way we wanted to play and that helped a lot. We did that from the first day of the season and that made a real difference. We really found a good way to play with this group of players and it was obviously right for the whole squad and that is why we’ve been pretty stable.”

One of Erik ten Hag’s first wins as Manchester United manager came against Liverpool at Old Trafford in the early weeks of his reign. United defeated Liverpool 2-1, thanks to goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford in August 2022, with Mohamed Salah pulling one back late on.

It hinted the struggles that Liverpool would have that year, in the campaign that followed their quadruple chase, but proved a false dawn for Ten Hag. His first Premier League victory has rarely been eclipsed since, despite United finishing that season above Liverpool.

Chelsea have a 2-0 lead over Leicester at half-time at Stamford Bridge, and look to be joining Manchester City and Coventry in the semi-final draw.

For all of Jurgen Klopp’s sucess at Liverpool, the German’s record at Old Trafford been mixed during his time at Anfield. In nine visits, Liverpool have two wins – although one of them was a 5-0, one of the most memorable results in the history of this rivalry.

Klopp record at Old Trafford (in all competitions):

Manchester United welcome Mason Mount and Harry Maguire back to their matchday squad for the visit of Liverpool today.

Mount has not played for United since a 1-0 win over Luton in November, with his first season at Old Trafford disrupted by injury.

Maguire has been sidelined since the 2-1 defeat against Fulham, but the centre-back is set to return to the line-up today.