Ronaldo, Salah, Rooney: A combined XI of Man Utd 2008 and current Liverpool team

Liverpool welcome age-old rivals Manchester United to Anfield today for what could prove to be a crucial clash in the Premier League title race.

‘Noisy neighbours’ Manchester City will be keeping a close eye on the bout, desperately hoping their closest enemies can give them a massive boost in the run-in.

For Liverpool, the clash represents yet another in what Jurgen Klopp has described as a long string of finals as the season draws to an exciting close.

So far, Klopp’s ‘mentality monsters’ have shown some real bottle and that steely-mindedness doesn’t look like cracking anytime soon.

The Reds were in terrifying form as they dismantled the aforementioned City in the first half of the FA Cup semi-final over the weekend, putting on one of their best-ever displays since the German boss arrived.

There can be no denying that this is one of the greatest Liverpool sides we have ever seen, but just how good are they?

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Well, to answer that question, we thought we would have a go at creating a combined XI made up of players from the current Liverpool juggernaut, and one of United’s truly supreme line-ups – the 2008 vintage.

Now, this goes without saying that you may disagree with some of our picks but the business of jamming every single superstar into the XI is just too tall a task.

Goalkeeper:

Alisson

We really went back and forth on this one but, ultimately, we feel the revolution that the Liverpool defence underwent after the Brazilian arrived was enough to see him edge out Edwin van der Sar.

LWB: Andy RobertsonCB: Rio FerdinandCB: Virgil Van Dijk CB: Nemanja VidicRWB: Trent Alexander-Arnold

With three of the best centre-back to ever grace the Premier