Liverpool And Manchester United Players Ranked From 'World Class' To 'Terrible'

Virgil van Dijk and Paul Pogba are amongst the Liverpool and Manchester United stars to be ranked as world-class players.

Ahead of Liverpool and the Red Devils' Sunday showdown at Old Trafford, SPORTbible used TierMaker to rank both sides' main players from 'World Class' to 'Terrible.'

Jurgen Klopp's title-challenging side have Van Dijk in the world-class bracket alongside Alisson and Sadio Mane.

But United, who have stagnated since the tail end of last season, have only one player in that bracket in the form of World Cup winner Pogba.

Liverpool defenders Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold are in the 'Great' tier alongside United summer signings Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

Alongside the quartet of defenders are the likes of Mohamed Salah, Georginio Wijnaldum and David de Gea.

Further down in the 'Okay' tier features the likes of Joel Matip, Jordan Henderson, Scott McTominay and Victor Lindelof.

Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino and United striker Anthony Martial have fallen into the 'Overrated' tier.

While Reds fans might not be happy with Firmino being labelled overrated, they can at least rejoice that no Liverpool players were named in the 'Terrible' tier.

United singlehandedly dominated the category with six players underperforming at Old Trafford.

Jesse Lingard is named alongside Nemanja Matic, Ashley Young, Andreas Pereira, Marcus Rashford and United flop Fred.

Rashford has only scored once from open play this season in United's 4-0 thrashing of Chelsea on the opening weekend of the Premier League campaign.

And even United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said ahead of the Liverpool clash that he could change his system to help the out-of-form 21-year-old striker.

World Class: Virgil van Dijk, Paul Pogba, Alisson and Sadio Mane

Great: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Harry Maguire, Mohamed Salah, Georginio Wijnaldum, James Milner and David de Gea

Okay: Joel Matip, Scott McTominay, Daniel James, Victor Lindelof, Jordan Henderson, Luke Shaw, Fabinho and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Overrated: Roberto Firmino and Anthony Martial

Terrible: Jesse Lingard, Fred, Nemanja Matic, Marcus Rashford, Ashley Young and Andreas Pereira

United and Liverpool will kick-off at 4:30pm UK time on Sunday.

Featured Image Credit: TierMaker

Topics: Liverpool, Football News, Football, Manchester United, REds, red devils, Premier League, Old Trafford

Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz is a journalist for SPORTbible. He studied for a B.A. in History at the University of York and followed it up with an M.A. in Multimedia Journalism at MMU. Before he started writing about sports, he spent over four years in the gaming press. He has worked for several publications, including Hardcore Gamer, LADbible and the Manchester Evening News. Follow him on Twitter to find out what he is working on next. Got a story tip for Adnan? Email him: [email protected]

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