Will Liverpool vs Man Utd be POSTPONED because of the weather?

THE massive clash between Liverpool and Manchester United today is going AHEAD after an emergency meeting.

The North West had been braced for more severe weather just days after being hit with major flooding.

The Met Office map shows Liverpool and much of the North West under an amber weather warning

Anfield had been covered in snow on Sunday morningAFP

With snow and ice now thawing and more heavy rain expected, the Met Office had issued an amber weather warning across the region for this weekend.

Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport had the runway temporarily closed this morning but it reopened at 10.15am.

Liverpool City Council’s Ground Safety Advisory Group met at 9am and then again at 11.45am to discuss whether the match could go ahead.

At the latter meeting, it was decided the game could still go ahead as scheduled.

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However, three of this afternoon’s EFL matches have been postponed as the freezing weather causes havoc.

Chesterfield were due to host Gillingham in League Two at 3pm.

And in the same division, Fleetwood planned to take on AFC Wimbledon and Newport vs Morecombe.

However, the heavy snow storms and adverse weather meant both games had to be called off.

Fleetwood, in the North West, is under a yellow weather warning from the Met Office for snow and ice.

But it was even more severe in Chesterfield with the same warning – plus an additional amber warning for snow.

Freezing rain is also expected during the sub-zero temperatures, sparking further headaches for the authorities.

And therefore the decisions were made on Sunday to postpone the matches.

What has the Met Office said?

The Met Office statement read: “Snow will become persistent and locally heavy as it pushes south to north across the warning area.

“As well as snow, a period of freezing rain is also likely bringing some hazardous travel conditions, before milder air follows across all areas by Sunday morning.

“While there’s some uncertainty in details, 3-7cm of snow is likely for most of the warning area, with locally 15-30cm for the higher ground of Wales and the southern Pennines.

“Freezing rain could lead to ice accretion in places, especially parts of Wales – before the milder air leads to a rapid thaw of snow and ice in the south of the warning area through Sunday.”