Liverpool produced a dazzling first half performance to race into a 3-0 lead against champions-elect Manchester City on Wednesday.Pep Guardiola’s men have the Premier League sewn up and look likely to clinch title glory against bitter rivals United on Saturday but their dreams of adding the Champions League to their trophy cabinet for the first time in their history took a major pounding thanks to goals from Mo Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane.Maybe it’s because the two teams facing each other are United’s two biggest rivals or perhaps it’s because Jose Mourinho’s big game approach is so different to City’s and Liverpool’s – not to mention that of Spurs – but Samuel Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News felt compelled to compare United’s Anfield record with their local rivals’.
Mourinho’s pragmatism, as well as the approaches of Sir Alex Ferguson, David Moyes and Louis van Gaal – the fact that United have had four managers in the time the stat covers somewhat dampens its impact as a Guardiola/Mourinho comparison – means that their defensive record at Anfield compares very favourably to City’s.
But is it relevant? Also, Guardiola’s City still have hope of winning by three in the home leg, United likely wouldn’t.
United fans were not impressed either and we’ve taken a closer look at the best of their reaction…
