How to watch and follow Liverpool v United Women

United Women return to WSL action on Friday evening, when Marc Skinner’s side travel to Anfield to face Liverpool.

The Reds are in fantastic form, with victory achieved in each of our last six games across all competitions, and by an aggregate score of 18-2. The most recent success – a 3-1 win over Sunderland – earned us a place in the last four of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup for the third successive season.

We’re second in the WSL table, and really well placed in regard to securing Champions League football next term – three points ahead of Arsenal and four clear of Manchester City.

Title hopes still linger too. We could close the eight-point gap to Chelsea (who have played a game more) to five this weekend, because the Blues are otherwise engaged: they’ll be at Pride Park come Saturday, taking on Manchester City in the Women’s League Cup final.

But to reduce our deficit to the reigning Women’s Super League champions, we must ensure all three points are bagged at 19:15 GMT on Friday. Here’s all the key info ahead of the Liverpool match, including ticket information and the latest team news…

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HOW TO WATCH AND FOLLOW

Tickets are available to all supporters until 3pm on Thursday 13 March. We received an initial allocation of 1,500, including 20 wheelchair pairs. Tickets are priced £10 for adults, £5 for over-65s and £4 for under-17s. Click here to purchase.

If you aren’t able to get to the ground in person, you can watch the game live in the United Kingdom via BBC Three, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

We’ll also keep you up to date on the United App and ManUtd.com, with minute-by-minute updates. Prime cuts of the action, plus extended highlights, will be made available across our platforms later in the weekend.

WHAT’S THE LATEST TEAM NEWS?

Reigning Player of the Month Elisabeth Terland missed last weekend’s FA Cup game, but Skinner said a judgment would be made in the build-up to this game on whether a return against Liverpool would be possible.

Jayde Riviere has been back in training, but was not named in the squad that took on the Black Cats on Saturday, but Anna Sandberg appeared as a second-half substitute and Lisa Naalsund was also fit enough to reclaim a place on the bench.

Simi Awujo is another player that missed the Sunderland game. We’ll find out more about the squad’s likely composition when head coach Skinner conducts his pre-match press conference tomorrow (Thursday).

HOW ARE LIVERPOOL GETTING ON?

It’s been a mixed season so far for Liverpool, with five wins, three draws and seven defeats leaving the Anfield club 15 points adrift of the top three, and behind Brighton & Hove Albion (fifth) before this weekend’s fixtures.

But the Merseysiders geared up for Friday’s game with a morale-boosting away win at Arsenal in the FA Cup, which earned them an exciting semi-final against league leaders Chelsea.

This will be the first time Liverpool’s female team have played under the floodlights at Anfield, and over 9,000 tickets have been sold, so it’s sure to be a thrilling 90 minutes amid a lively atmosphere.

DID YOU KNOW?

Should United win on Friday, we’ll equal our best sequence of results in the Women’s Super League. Success on Merseyside would make it eight consecutive league wins – a run which started, neatly, with a 4-0 romp over Liverpool at Leigh Sports Village back in early December.

Our best previous effort? That was recorded across the tail-end of the 2022/23 season and the start of 2023/24 – we won the final seven matches of the former campaign, and then added an eighth consecutive victory by beating Aston Villa 2-1 on the opening day of the following season.

RIVALS WATCH

Friday 14 March

Everton v Arsenal (19:00 GMT)
Liverpool v UNITED (19:15 GMT)

Saturday 15 March (League Cup final)

Chelsea v Manchester City (12:15 GMT)

Sunday 16 March

Crystal Palace v Aston Villa (14:00 GMT)
Tottenham v Brighton & Hove Albion (15:00 GMT)

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Amorim discusses his relationship with Sir Jim

United head coach Ruben Amorim has described his relationship with club co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe as “really good” – due to the pair’s “blunt” and “honest” exchanges.

Ratcliffe gave a series of media interviews earlier this week, and reporters picked up on his hugely supportive comments about our Portuguese leader.

In the press conference to preview Thursday night’s critical UEFA Europa League Round of 16 second leg against Real Sociedad, Amorim gave his own thoughts about the pair’s relationship.

You can read the quotes – and everything else Amorim had to say at Carrington – by scrolling down the page…

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MOUNT CLOSING ON FIRST-TEAM RETURN

“Mason Mount is too soon. Leny is out. Harry Maguire cannot play this one but I hope to have him for Sunday. Manu is in the squad and I think there is no-one [else] returning. Is Leny a long-term thing? No, no. It’s not a long-term but he cannot play this game and the other game [Leicester].”

THE NEW STADIUM

“It’s an amazing stadium, like it should be. But it’s in the future, five years from now. We have to focus on the present and I’m really excited to win things in Old Trafford, that’s our focus.”

WE ALL KNOW WE’RE UNDERPERFORMING

“I think if we’re being honest, in this moment everybody – we, all the players, me – we are underperforming this season. So we can always change that. I include myself in that part of underperforming. You are talking about players like Casemiro, for example, that won everything. We know that these kind of players can play so much better, so that is the focus. He [Sir Jim Ratcliffe] was honest on that, so the focus is to change his mind and all the people’s minds.

“If you are a top player and you play in this club… even me – a lot of people say I am not good enough for the club and my feeling is that you can change that with results. In training, I feel they want this really bad and especially for tomorrow.”

MY RELATIONSHIP WITH RATCLIFFE

“It’s really good since day one. I think we are really blunt and honest with each other. It’s a little bit the character. We are quite similar in that way, so I always felt the support of the board and especially from Sir Jim. I cannot tell you the conversations, but they are simple conversations, clear conversations and honest conversations.”

I’VE FELT SUPPORT FROM DAY ONE

“I already knew that [senior figures at the club were behind me]. All these conversations I’ve already had in the past with them. After matches, they went to the dressing room and talked to me to explain this. To say it publicly is really good for the coach but I say the same thing. We need results and we need to improve the team. But since day one I felt the support from everybody here.”

OUR TRANSFER PLANS

“We have a clear plan to address next season. Of course, we have Europa League also and you can reach Champions League. We never know. It’s far from this moment, but it can change, we never know, the preparation for next season. We have a plan, we know what to do. We know we are in a difficult moment but the most important thing again is to have a plan and to know what to do and to know what players you need to bring. Does that potentially involve selling players? We’ll see. In this moment we are just focused, especially on this competition. That can change everything so let’s see about the game tomorrow.”

EUROPA PROGRESS CAN INFLUENCE LEAGUE FORM

“In that context, [reaching the last eight] it’s also important to give us more energy to continue the season. We know that. It’s not going to change a lot the idea for the next season but it will give us more energy to finish the season in a different way. So tomorrow again it’s going to be a really important game for us. I didn’t hear nothing [from the players, about Sir Jim’s naming individuals during interviews]. I really enjoyed the training today, so we are ready to face the game.”

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Ruben Amorim has provided his thoughts on Manchester United’s plans for a new stadium as the centrepiece of the Old Trafford regeneration project.

Our head coach was addressing media ahead of Thursday night’s UEFA Europa League encounter with Real Sociedad.

It’s the first time we’ve heard from him since plans were unveiled for a 100,000-capacity ground just to the west of the current Old Trafford stadium.

“It’s an amazing stadium, like it should be,” Amorim said of the plans.

“But it’s in the future, five years from now. We have to focus on the present and I’m really excited to win things in Old Trafford [first], that’s our focus.”

In terms of this season, United’s final chance of silverware is in this competition: the Europa League. Amorim’s Reds played well at Real Sociedad in the first leg, with Joshua Zirkzee’s excellent strike opening the scoring, but were disappointed to eventually draw 1-1 as the hosts converted a late penalty.

As Ruben pointed out, should we progress at Old Trafford on Thursday, the whole nature of this season and next could be altered, with the prospect of a trophy and further reward.

“We have a clear plan to address next season,” Amorim said, when asked whether United can compete financially with other English clubs going forward.

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“Of course, we have the Europa League and we can reach the Champions League. You never know, it’s far from this moment, but that could change the preparation for next season.

“We have a plan, we know what to do, we know what kind of players we need to bring.”

HOW TO WATCH THE GAME

There are a limited number of tickets still available to buy, so act now and secure your seat for an important European night in M16.

Our Match Day Live programme begins at 18:55 GMT, just after the teams have been announced, and the United App is the place to be during the game, for a second-screen experience, as we’ll bring you live radio commentary, plus stats and updates.

The game kicks off at 20:00 GMT and will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK.

If you miss the action, you can catch the highlights across our platforms from midnight on Friday.

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Ruben Amorim has provided the latest on his Manchester United squad ahead of Thursday’s Europa League round-of-16 second leg with Real Sociedad.

The Reds go into the Old Trafford tie looking to get the job done and reach the quarter-finals, following the 1-1 draw at the Reale Arena last week.

There was welcome news in training with midfielders Mason Mount and Manuel Ugarte taking part, but Leny Yoro was missing, after he failed to reappear for the second half of the 1-1 draw against Arsenal, and Amorim disclosed concern over a foot injury in the post-match press conference on Sunday.

“Mason Mount is too soon,” confirmed Ruben at Carrington. “Leny [Yoro] is out. Harry Maguire cannot play this one. I hope to have him for Sunday [against his former club Leicester City in the Premier League].

“Manu [Ugarte] is in the squad and I think there is no-one returning.

“No, no [Yoro’s absence] is not long term. Leny cannot play this game and the other game [Leicester].”

The existing list of absentees includes Altay Bayindir, Tom Heaton, Jonny Evans, Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw, Kobbie Mainoo and Amad.

Young striker Chido Obi is ineligible for this competition, but Harry Amass and Jack Fletcher, who trained with the group on Wednesday, are registered.

REAL SOCIEDAD’S TEAM NEWS

Coach Imanol Alguacil made eight changes for their weekend game in La Liga, resting several key players, but La Real lost 1-0 at home to Sevilla in the process.

Their big news is that influential midfielder Martin Zubimendi should be able to play. He came on as a substitute in that weekend game, after missing the first leg against United with illness, but there are doubts over the participation of Luka Sucic (knee) and Jon Aramburu (foot).

Alvaro Odriozola and Arsen Zakharyan both trained ahead of the squad’s flight to Manchester.

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