Liverpool legend John Aldridge wants Jurgen Klopp to select a strong team for today's FA Cup tie with Manchester United.

He wrote for the Sunday World: "The Premier League title has now slipped out of Liverpool's hands, so Jurgen Klopp should pick a strong team for today's FA Cup showdown with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

"The defeat against Burnley on Thursday night at Anfield was the low point in what has become an alarming slump for Liverpool – and such is the depth of the hole they are now in that I don't see them getting out of it quickly.

"You might read this and think I'm a fed-up Liverpool man giving up on the title race too early – but I just can't see how they get back into it, given the way they are playing right now.

"I suggested in my Sunday World column two months ago that Liverpool will not hang on to the Premier League trophy, unless Klopp is allowed to sign a centre-back this month – and it looks like that prediction has now become reality.

"Their title challenge is not over after a month that has seen draws with West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle and Manchester United, as well as losses to Southampton and Burnley.

"Yet when you look at the performances in all of those games, so many players are out of form and the team has lost its direction.

"So if the FA Cup wasn't a priority for Klopp a few weeks ago, it needs to be now. And, especially, as the team lining up against Liverpool today will be the old foes, Manchester United."