You're Benitez: How would you line up against Man Utd?

Liverpool travel to Old Trafford on Sunday for one of the most eagerly anticipated encounters with Manchester United in years.

United know victory would be a giant step towards securing the 17th title that would put them just one behind the Reds in the record books. However, Liverpool are the form team in the league and with fourth spot and that all-important record to play for, we can expect far more drama than was seen at Anfield earlier in the season.

For it is true that United versus Liverpool is a fixture which has flattered to deceive in recent times. United supporters probably wouldn't agree as they have sampled glory in most of them, but take a back seat alongside the neutrals and the matches have been far from memorable.

United may not have had it all so easy if Liverpool had not lacked a killer edge in front of goal. Time and again the Reds have enjoyed dominant spells against Sir Alex Ferguson's side, only to be punished for not making them count (John O'Shea anyone). With Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard firing on all cylinders that shouldn't be a problem this time around.

So here's the question. With fourth place still hanging in the balance, how would you line up at Old Trafford on Sunday?

Torres is a definite. Anyone who says otherwise is unwelcome here. But who do you play alongside him? For me, the experiment of having Dirk Kuyt as a right forward is finally beginning to bear fruit. But then Crouch causes havoc against the top four.

In midfield, the chosen four would seem to be Ryan Babel, Xabi Alonso, Javier Mascherano and Steven Gerrard. But would you change that for this game? Are there certain players in United's midfield you think Rafael Benitez should be targetting?

Then there's defence. We've seen Carragher as a right back in recent weeks, but would you move him back to the centre for such a big game? If so, who comes in and who goes out? Martin Skrtel doesn't deserved to be dropped but Sami Hyypia was made for these games.

You're Rafa. What do you do?

[Image: Getty]

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Posted by on March 21, 2008 11:54 AM in Debate| News
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