FOOTBALL WAS DEAD

Last updated : 18 September 2005 By Ed

"I didn’t watch the TV or buy a paper. It was unbelievable. You don’t like to say it, but you have to give them credit for coming back from 3-0 down.

"Even now it's hard to take for him: "To be honest I don’t like to think about it.

"For a Manchester United player, going to Anfield is still the biggest test. We have Chelsea and Arsenal, which are huge matches in their own right but there is something different about Liverpool. There is this fierce rivalry and the history of the two clubs. It is the one game in a season where you have to handle the pressure and everything else that goes around the game.

"The rivalry has been intense for as long as I can remember. Thirty years ago, they had the best of everything; the European Cups, the league titles, the best players and the best team. Since the Premiership started those roles have been reversed, which has just increased the passion."