You could be forgiven for thinking Tuesday’s clash between Liverpool and Manchester United pales in significance compared to the momentous achievements that may await Jurgen Klopp’s team this season.
Liverpool secured their place in the F.A Cup final with a win over Manchester City over the weekend. It means their chances of winning the quadruple increase, and they show no signs of relenting.
Traditional rivalries like Liverpool and Manchester United have lost their edge in recent years. This is because of the huge advantage the teams at the top have over everyone else.
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Although it’s a must-win game for the title race, it isn’t Manchester United they’re competing with. As well as that, they brushed United aside 5 – 0 when the teams met in October.
You may expect Klopp’s team to dispatch UTD with a minimum of fuss. However, that’s not how the German sees it. He say his team have to be ‘angry’ against Manchester United.
“If we let United do (what they want), they will cause us massive problems,” said the Reds boss.
“We have to be in the right mood, the people have to be in right mood to really be ready to fight for the three points, and not want to show we are in a better moment than United. Who is interested about that?
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“There are times when you have better moments than other teams then you get a knock and that’s it with the better moment. Who cares?
“They (United) want the three points we need. That’s that attitude we have to show. We have to be angry in a good way, greedy, all these kind of things, like you are if you have won nothing and would be with nil points and it’s the most important three points in your life. That’s the attitude we need for this game. Otherwise the quality is too high, they (United) are too good for not being in that mood.”
