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Dominic Booth & Dave Crowther-Green

How a Manchester United and Liverpool combined line up looks according to the fans

Manchester United take on Liverpool on Sunday afternoon, and in the build-up to the game we asked supporters the classic question - who would get into a combined XI of the two teams?

Jurgen Klopp's side might be the only remaining unbeaten side in the Premier League this season and in flying form, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has some serious talent at his disposal too.

So after asking supporters to pick either a United or Liverpool player for each position, this is what MEN readers came up with, picked in a 4-3-3 formation:

GK - De Gea

United gloveman David de Gea has been in superb form this season, winning his league place back from Dean Henderson, and he got 71 per cent of the vote to take his place as this side's goalkeeper.

Back four - Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Maguire, Shaw

The most commonly picked back four combination featured two Liverpool players and two United players. Trent Alexander-Arnold was the automatic pick at right back, while Harry Maguire just edged out Joel Matip to partner the universally-picked Virgil van Dijk. Andy Robertson was the fifth most selected defender, but Luke Shaw does enough to get the left-back spot.

Midfield - Fabinho, Pogba, Fernandes

Bruno Fernandes was by far the most picked midfielder, followed by Jordan Henderson. But the most selected combination featured United's Paul Pogba as well, with Fabinho the third component of the midfield. This trio was picked by more than 40 per cent of respondents.

Front three - Ronaldo, Salah, Mane

Again, it was a talismanic Portuguese United player who topped the voting individually in this category, with Cristiano Ronaldo the most obvious pick of all. Mo Salah was another easy selection for our readers, with his Anfield teammate Sadio Mane edging out Marcus Rashford for the final spot in this team. The Ronaldo, Salah and Mane combination was favoured by more than 30 per cent of readers.

United players - 6

Liverpool players - 5

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