Fans protest against Glazers before Manchester United v Liverpool – live updates!

• All the latest from the 8.15pm BST kick-off at Old Trafford
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• What next for Manchester United and their protesting fans?
  
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6.35pm BST

Manchester United players and staff are already safely inside the stadium. They arrived at Old Trafford earlier.

6.34pm BST

It is worth noting that all the protests appear to be peaceful.

Some Manchester United fans are chanting “we’re going on the pitch again” outside Old Trafford.

6.32pm BST

It is not clear whether this image was taken before or after the Liverpool team bus started moving again.

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6.31pm BST

Gary Neville on Sky.

Let’s be clear, what we’ve seen on that full-court before which is effectively Man United turned into a prison, it’s a devastating image for the Manchester United Football Club brand around the world, let’s just note that. You have to put prison walls up around your ground and have hundreds and hundreds of police officers on a game where fans aren’t attending, there is something that has gone badly wrong.

6.27pm BST

Two hours before kick off there’s already a large crowd gathered outside the East Stand. People are setting off yellow and green flares and there’s a police helicopter circling the ground.

6.26pm BST

Alex Mistlin is one of our reporters who is outside Old Trafford. How exactly the Liverpool (or Manchester United) bus will be able to approach the stadium remains uncertain. There are already a significant number of people outside and one imagines there will be more disruption.

6.22pm BST

The Liverpool bus is moving again, and the large police presence does suggest that the Liverpool team is inside.

And we’re on the move (including unexpected poodle photobomb) pic.twitter.com/0xYNGwHcZ9

1.59pm BST

Do we have a game today? It remains unclear. Following on from the protests which caused this fixture to be postponed earlier this month, Manchester United fans are again protesting outside Old Trafford and beyond.

Anger remains over the European Super League involvement although the majority of the ire remains towards the club’s owners, the Glazer family.

Could it happen again?

It’s happening... pic.twitter.com/XP0DHTNwck

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