Harry Maguire set for lay-off but Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw fit to face Liverpool

Harry Maguire is out of Manchester United's upcoming games but under-pressure manager Erik ten Hag says Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw are in line to feature for his absentee-hit side at bitter rivals Liverpool.

The Red Devils were humbled 3-0 at home to Bournemouth last weekend and went out of Europe with a whimper on Tuesday, 1-0 to Bayern Munich in their final Champions League group match.

Maguire and Shaw went off through injury against Bayern and the former has joined a lengthy list of absentees for the trip to Anfield, which includes suspended skipper Bruno Fernandes.

But Ten Hag provided a positive update on Shaw after his hamstring complaint and says Rashford is back from the illness that ruled him out of Tuesday's loss as United head to Liverpool.

"Harry will not be available for coming games, but don't think he is a long-term (issue)," the United boss said.

"Luke Shaw trained this morning, so we think he's available for Sunday. Marcus Rashford (is available)."

Anthony Martial missed the Bayern match through illness, while Mason Mount, Christian Eriksen and Victor Lindelof have been out recently.

Lisandro Martinez, Casemiro, Tyrell Malacia and Amad Diallo are injured, while Jadon Sancho remains banished from the first-team.

Such a long list of absentees provides mitigation for what has been a wretched season so far, leading to questions on how long Ten Hag will remain in the Old Trafford post.

Asked about putting concern over his own future to the side, he said: "No, there's no concern because I'm here to win and I have to make the team play better.

"If you play good - even then I say good is not good enough - so now we are inconsistent, so I have to work on whether the team is called to play in the moment for longer