Manchester United against Liverpool

Javier Hernandez from Manchester United: "You know in your mind it's Liverpool and it doesn't matter where the teams are in the league, you want to win"
"In Mexico we know about the rivalry. Across the world everybody knows about the history of the two teams," he said.

Manchester United VS Liverpool

A match-up fueled by a rivalry that was recently re-ignited with the Evra-Suarez incident, this game will be an interesting one. Manchester United proved their mental strength in their last game against Chelsea, showing that they’re not just an outfit of extremely expensive players who can’t be moved from their comfort zone.

Coming back from what could have been an embarrassing result of 3-0, United drew deep to equalize with 3 goals. Some have argued that the two Roonie penalties were perhaps not rightly awarded, but at the end of the day, bad decisions go both ways and United was definitely applying the type of pressure that will eventually bring goals through penalties or otherwise.

The last Premier League game between these two teams ended in a 1-1 draw, but in the FA Cup match-up Liverpool overcame the Red Devils chalking up a satisfying 2-1 victory thanks to a late Dirk Kuyt winning strike. Both teams are hungry for the points. United will be looking to challenge City in the rankings while Liverpool are running out of time if they’re to somehow forge their way into the top four. Motivation will not be an issue.

Liverpool are the underdogs although they will have Suarez back on the field having completed his ban of eight games. Will favorites Manchester United build upon the confidence they created with their performance against Chelsea?

Designed by Dalglish – Liverpool 3:1 Bolton

 

Saturday was a great day for football fans as we watched an inspired Liverpool team blow a hole right through Bolton, providing the latter with a cruel wake-up call after what until now had been a fairly positive season for them. Kenny Dalglish looked on in satisfaction as his recent signings worked well together to provide the Anfield fans with a very convincing victory.

Although failing to score, Luis Suarez played a fantastic game keeping the Wanderers' defense on its toes while providing the Reds with a strong foundation that they could base their attacks upon. An example of this was the first goal which began from a beautiful cross in from the outside of Suarez's boot. Suarez met Downing who failed to put the ball passed Jussi Jaaskelainen. Kuyt collected the deflection and fed it to Henderson. The summer signing was blocked, but re-collected and shot one right passed Jaaskelainen into the left corner.

The next goal came from Martin Skrtel in the form of a cracking header off a nicely placed corner from Charlie Adam. The newbie soon got some reward for his efforts by putting the lid on the game with the third goal coming off his right boot.

A late goal by Klasnic may have won the Wanderers a bit of face, but it was pretty clear that they never really showed any presence against the hosts with sloppy defense work throughout the match and Jaaskelainen chalking up another weak performance.

Can Liverpool's solid form be carried over into another victory? Can Bolton's flaky performance predict a sure loss against Manchester United