It is not about the quality of the football. It does not have to be RS gold Ronaldo versus Messi to make it an event.And this brings us to Liverpool versus Manchester United. There will be a lot of sneering this week, at the expense of the two sides battling it out at Anfield. ‘
The Dog and Duck versus The Red Lion,’ Gary Neville called it before the two teams met in December 2014, and it hasn’t improved. Going into that game, United were third, Liverpool ninth. Now they are sixth and seventh, United three points ahead, Liverpool with a game in hand. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Liverpool vs Manchester United: These pictures conjure the... Louis van Gaal and Manchester United ask not to stay in... Luis Suarez returns to Liverpool as Barcelona star is... Jurgen Klopp is expected to deliver the Premier League as...
Share this article Share 615 shares If Neville has since regretted comparing the meeting to pub football, his wider point that the current Manchester United and Liverpool teams are inferior to editions past, and often irrelevant to the grand narrative of the season, stands. This is, after all, the Europa League round of 16.
If these teams were a patch on their predecessors, they would be nowhere near the competition at this stage. Certainly, if Manchester United are in the Europa League at all, somebody has messed up, big time.Yet for one night only, it really doesn’t matter. Manchester
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