Arne Slot has warned Liverpool are facing a Manchester United side in a false league position.

The Reds boss is not expecting an easy game against this weekend despite United being in a lowly 14th position after three defeats in a row.

United to see them closer to the bottom three than the European places. But Slot - whose side at the top of the table - is not getting complacent.

The Dutchman said: “For me, I can say it one more time they have much better players in my opinion than maybe the league table shows. It is going to take a while maybe for Ruben Amorim to bring it out of the players but they will definitely go up.”

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Amorim is already feeling the heat after just a few months in the job as United struggle on the pitch and the Portuguese head coach battles to implement his style of play on a squad not really fit for it.

“I think every manager sympathises with every other manager because we all know how much pressure this job brings, that is no different for him or me,” said Slot.

“This is a job with pressure, it is also something we like, otherwise we should not do this. He has done so well with Sporting. He has a good squad so he will eventually bring the best from them.”

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are already 23 points ahead of United having played a game less on 18. That remarkable gulf led to a jovial question ahead of the game if Slot would consider resting some players with a Carabao Cup semi-final to come in the week.

“So that’s a strange question,” he said. “No. Of course I am not going to plan to rest any players. It is a big game.”

Liverpool will be without Joe Gomez for the clash at Anfield as he picked up a hamstring injury in last week’s win over . But in better news defenders Ibrahima Konate and Conor Bradley are set to return to team training on Friday so could be in contention for a spot in the squad.

Slot added: “Joe is of course not in a good place, he is out for a few weeks. Conor and Ibou will train with us today for the first time.

"They have worked hard to get back to the team but the next step is always how do you handle team sessions. We trained yesterday and I assume everybody is fit.”

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