Liverpool to face Manchester United in Europa League

In addition to the two matches against United, the Reds play City in the Capital One Cup final on Sunday and then in the league on 2 March.

Jurgen Klopp has become involved in Europa League draw war of words by insisting meeting Manchester United answered his prayers.

Manchester City, meanwhile, faced an nearly 3,500 mile trip to take on Dynamo Kiev in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash with the Ukrainian champions.

Klopp was speaking ahead of the 2015-16 Capital One Cup final, where Liverpool will face Manchester City at Wembley on 28 February in a bid to collect their first piece of silverware since a penalty-shootout win over Championship outfit Cardiff in 2012.

“I think I am getting better as a player and of course to have a manager speaking German is better for me and he has helped me”, he said.

Liverpool midfielder Emre Can has stated that winning trophies is the best feeling in the world.

“Great Europa League draw for LFC, if we win happy days if we lose LVG will probably stay!!” he tweeted, reflecting on the widespread view amongst both sets of supporters that Louis Van Gaal’s reign at Old Trafford has been disastrous.

“I know about it. If we do it great, but I don’t want to make the pressure too high”. “We have a good chance to make more problems for them than they can imagine in this moment”. “In this round there was no easy game, so Man United-good!”

Pellegrini is hoping to end his reign at City by repeating the double that marked his first season in charge, when he won the League Cup and Premier League.

“Wilfried Bony, Mangala and Navas are training now with the squad so the three of them are available for the game”, said Pellegrini. “I think everyone got the message that it was Man United”, Liverpool ‘keeper Simon Mignolet told the press. They will be fit, we will be fit. It’s helpful if you can imagine everything is possible.

He said: “I should not talk here about tactics, don’t you think? Even in Manchester they have televisions”.

Manchester City defender Gael Clichy says Manuel Pellegrini manages the club in much the same way as Arsene Wenger at Arsenal. Pellegrini’s decision comes despite Caballero’s particularly poor performance in Sunday’s 5-1 FA Cup defeat at Chelsea. I’m sure he will have a very good performance.