Here is your Manchester United Friday evening digest on October, 8.
Injury worries ahead of Liverpool game
Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford and Fred are all doubts for Manchester United's Premier League visit of Liverpool on Sunday.
Fernandes claimed two assists in United's 3-2 comeback win over Atalanta but could be sidelined with an unspecified injury.
Marcus Rashford and Fred were forced off with injuries in the victory over the Italian side on Wednesday night and United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted he could be without up to three players this weekend.
Raphael Varane also remains out after picking up a groin injury whilst on international duty with France.
You can read when all four of these players are expected to return for United here.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jurgen Klopp war of words continues
Jurgen Klopp has reignited the dispute over Manchester United's tendency to win penalties ahead of Liverpool's visit to Old Trafford.
Last month, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claimed he had noticed a difference in penalty calls for United since Klopp questioned the number of spotkicks they had received.
Klopp had complained in January that United had 'had more penalties in two years than I had in five and a half years'.
Five of United's 11 penalties awarded last season came after Klopp's outburst, but Solskjaer felt compelled to talk about the matter after seeing United denied what he felt was two clear penalties in the win at West Ham earlier this season.
"We just have to hope we get what we deserve," Solskjaer said at the time. "We should have had three penalties in the last two games.
"There was a certain manager last year who was starting to worry about us getting pens and after that it seems like the decisions are more difficult to give. I've seen a big, big difference since then. We just have to leave it to the refs and hopefully they'll make the right calls very soon."
Repeating his claim that United are disproportionately awarded more penalties, Klopp said: "We cannot influence referees with things like that.
"They are good, they go in the box, have these situations, but so do we and didn't have even a similar number [of penalties]. Those are just facts. But it's done now."
For more on Solksjaer and Klopp's back and forth you can read here.
Solskjaer's verdict on Cristiano Ronaldo vs Mo Salah
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists Cristiano Ronaldo is still the best player in the Premier League despite Mohamed Salah's scintillating form for Liverpool.
Salah has scored 12 goals in 11 games for Liverpool so far this season and only failed to score in one of those matches as he prepares for their trip to Old Trafford on Sunday.
Ronaldo nodded in his sixth of the campaign in United's midweek Champions League victory over Atalanta but has also scored five goals for Portugal in World Cup qualifiers so far this term.
Solskjaer spoke glowingly not just about Salah but Liverpool's other forwards who continue to spearhead coach Jurgen Klopp's attack.
You can read Solskjaer's quotes on the debate here .
