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Peter Harris

Liverpool fans confused as team news for Manchester United v Manchester City is confirmed

Liverpool fans are feeling confused after the team news for tonight's Manchester derby was confirmed.

in a key Premier League clash that could contribute to deciding who wins the Premier League title.

City need to win in order to regain the place at the top of the table and put pressure back on Klopp's side.

Reds fans were quick to take to Twitter to voice their opinions on each manager's team selections.

Solskjaer has included Italian Matteo Darmian, which has confused many supporters, including Reds of both Manchester and Liverpool.

Darmian has only started once under the current manager and hasn't started since the defeat to Liverpool in December.

Martin Bell tweeted simply questioning 'Darmian?'

Twitter user @LFCZA had difficulty understanding the news, in particular the apparent choice to have Manchester United captain Ashley Young in the centre of defence.

Henry Jackson was a little more hopeful that the Red Devils might do their longtime bitter rivals a favour saying: "In truth, Matic, Martial and Lukaku were horrendous against Everton so I’m ok with that. More energy in the team." Although he then predicted that City will 'walk this'.

Babu Yagu was positive, suggesting that the United manager has made enough changes after a poor display from Everton.

Manchester United XI:

 De Gea, Young, Darmian, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw, Pereira, Fred, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford

Manchester City XI:

Ederson, Walker, Kompany (C), Laporte, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Silva, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero

Subs | Muric, Danilo, Sané, Mahrez, Otamendi, Jesus, Foden

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