Manchester United vs Liverpool & Tottenham vs Arsenal, Gameweek 30: Open Thread

Today’s Super Sunday matches between Manchester United and Liverpool as well as Tottenham Hotspur versus Arsenal provide an opportunity to earn bragging rights. League positions matter today, but winning a local derby is often more important than anything else.

As usual, we have an open thread available today for you — the readers — to comment about the game. But there’s one big difference. We welcome Johnathan Starling back to World Soccer Talk, where he’ll be doing a live online chat (featuring audio) from 9:20am ET onwards right here:

Feel free to interact directly with Johnathan by clicking in the above chat box and then taking 30 seconds to sign up via Facebook, Twitter or e-mail. If you’d like to appear on-air with Johnathan to ask him a question or vent about your team (or anything else soccer-related to today), let Johnathan know in the above chat and he may bring you on-air.

Meanwhile, here’s today’s TV/Internet schedule for soccer fans in the US:

Manchester United vs Liverpool, 9:30am, NBCSN
Spurs vs Arsenal, Noon, NBCSN

Starting line-ups:

Manchester United: De Gea; Rafael, Jones, Vidic, Evra; Mata, Fellaini, Carrick, Januzaj; Rooney, van Persie
Subs: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Cleverley, Kagawa, Valencia, Young, Welbeck

Liverpool: Mignolet, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Flanagan, Gerrard, Allen, Henderson, Sterling, Suarez, Sturridge
Subs: Jones, Sakho, Cissokho, Lucas, Coutinho, Moses, Aspas

Before, during or after today’s matches, join the conversation in the comments section below with fellow soccer fans from around the world.

Have a wonderful Sunday.