English football’s fiercest rivalry resumes on Monday, as Manchester United take on Liverpool at Old Trafford.
With 133 major trophies between them, including 39 league titles, this is unquestionably a meeting of the country’s two biggest and most successful clubs, even if both arrive into the fixture in need of a win after underwhelming (Liverpool) or downright appalling (United) starts to the campaign.
Last season’s ‘contests’ were anything but, Liverpool winning 5-0 at Old Trafford in October and following that up with an equally dominant 4-0 win at Anfield in April. The job of Erik ten Hag, the new man in charge at United, is to at least make things competitive this time around.
Whatever happens, though, it’ll do well to match the drama, excitement and sheer quality of some of these classic meetings from the last 30 years…