Scholes urges United to attack

REDS legend Paul Scholes reckons Liverpool’s lack of pace could be their undoing against Manchester United on Sunday.

The fallen Anfield giants are coming off the back of a depressing Champions League exit in midweek, and the former Red Devil believes Brendan Rodgers’ side are ripe for the picking and need to be attacked.

Scholes picked out two players in particular who have showed a weakness, which he feels can be exploited.

He told The Evening Standard: “Sterling aside, there was a real lack of pace in this Liverpool team.

“Both Glen Johnson and Jose Enrique struggled and you would expect that, on Sunday, United will attack the space between Johnson and Martin Skrtel where Basel got so much joy.”

How prospects pan out could depend on whether Angel di Maria is fit to play for United. He adds a different dimension for the Red Devils, but the space is also one which Robin van Persie or Wayne Rooney could exploit.

Argentine ace Di Maria has missed the last two games due to a hamstring injury, but looks set to return for the big Old Trafford showdown, which kicks-off at 1.30pm.

Meanwhile, former Liverpool star Mark Lawrenson has labelled the current Anfield squad as “rudderless” and “going backwards just as fast as they went forwards last season” ahead of Sunday’s clash.

BBC pundit Lawrenson insists he’s baffled by some of the team selections and accused manager Rodgers of changing his side “like he does his socks”.

He also says Daniel Sturridge will not prove to be the “saviour” of the Anfield club, yet he feels the Reds can still qualify for next season’s Champions League.

Lawrenson believes the club have regressed since the fixture between the sides last March, when Steven Gerrard scored two penalties in a 3-0 victory over the then Premier League champions, and worries that Rodgers seems unsure of how to set up his team tactically.

“It is eight months since Liverpool blew Manchester United away to win 3-0 at Old Trafford, but it seems an awful lot longer than that,” Lawrenson said.

“To be frank, Liverpool are all over the place at the moment. They are rudderless, low on confidence and do not seem to have a definitive way of playing.”