Liverpool and Man United are without doubt two of the greatest clubs in England. Their rivalry has long been a huge characteristic of British football, and along with El Clasico and Italy’s Milan derby, clashes between the two Premier League giants are among the world’s most followed soccer encounters.
Both teams face each other again in less than 24 hours, and this time, we go back to 2008 to look at all the battles between the titans since then. Readers must nonetheless note that video highlights shown below only concern clashes related to the EPL.
In front of their own support Liverpool are very difficult to beat but Manchester United will be well up for this and it is extremely rare that they lose two games on the spin. Alex Ferguson will have his side extremely well prepared for this and he will demand nothing less than a win as defeat or a draw against Liverpool would hand the initiative to Arsenal in the title race.
Rio Ferdinand remains an injury doubt and is unlikely to feature for Manchester United and with Nemanja Vidic suspended Wes Brown and Chris Smalling could be placed at the heart of defence. Ryan Giggs will also make club history if he faces Liverpool and makes his 607th league appearance for United which would set a new club record.
Andy Carroll has trained with the Liverpool squad this week and he is in contention to make his debut for the club. The story does seem to be written here for Carroll. If he were to make his Liverpool debut against their fiercest of rivals and bag a goal he would become an instant Liverpool hero.
