Liverpool & Manchester utd rivalry

The bench between Liverpool and Manchester United is one of the most significant sporting rivalries in football, sometimes called the North-West derby. Clubs hail from the north-west England, are also the two most successful teams in England, between them have won 114 of honors. Support is usually played at noon, because these two media (TV) of interest and to discourage fans from drinking before the game. In the longer term, Manchester United Ryan Giggs says Liverpool against Manchester United is "probably the most famous fixture of English football"

Football rivalry
Both teams claim the title of "the greatest club in English football with Liverpool has won a total of 58 trophies, while Manchester United have 56. Liverpool dominated English football in the years 1970 and 1980, claiming the championship and cups eleven times the European Cup on four occasions during this period, including a hat-trick winning the League, League and in Europe in 1984. Manchester United, however, has dominated the 1990 and 2000, winning the league title eleven times, one continental European Treble (European Cup, the League and FA Cup) in 1999, two domestic double and double European Cup First League in 2008. Both teams are also the two most successful English clubs in European competition, with Liverpool after being 5-times European champions and Manchester United 3 times. With the victory at Manchester United in the Premier League season 2008-09, the two clubs are tied with 18 championships in England. Despite the success of Liverpool in England, have never won the Premier League since its inception in 1992.

As competitors on the football field, both teams are also two of the biggest-winning and widely supported football club in the world.

The rivalry has extended to the players. United striker Wayne Rooney, a product of Merseyside rivals Liverpool, Everton has described how he grew up hating Liverpool. Liverpool's Steven Gerrard took a television crew for a tour of his house, where he showed a collection of football jerseys has exchanged with the opposing players in the post-match routine. He stressed that there was a mesh of Manchester United and never one of them in his house. Manchester United's Gary Neville has been publicly vocal in the past regarding his refusal to Liverpool.

Table correct as of 16 May 2009


Last five head-to-head fixtures

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