LIVERPOOL v MAN UTD TEAM NEWS

Michael Owen is fit to play for Liverpool after recovering from an ankle injury.

Elsewhere midweek hero Djimi Traore could lose his place to John Arne Riise while any of Vladimir Smicer, Dietmar Hamann, Stephane Henchoz and Salif Diao could return.

Manchester United could give Diego Forlan, Cristiano Ronaldo, John O'Shea and Darren Fletcher starting places.

But Paul Scholes, Wes Brown and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer are again ruled out.

Liverpool (from): Dudek, Finnan, Henchoz, Biscan, Hyypia, Riise, Traore, Diouf, Murphy, Gerrard, Kewell, Diao, Hamann, Smicer, Owen, Heskey, Le Tallec, Sinama-Pongolle, Kirkland.

Man Utd (from): Howard, G Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Fortune, P Neville, Keane, O'Shea, Giggs, van Nistelrooy, Butt, Djemba-Djemba, Carroll, Ronaldo, Bellion, Forlan, Fletcher, Kleberson.

BBC