Recent meetings have seen a strangely subdued Manchester United against the team they have so famously claimed to be the team they are out to replace as the best club in English football. In most of the Man Utd vs Liverpool live stream fixtures from the past 20 years, the men from Old Trafford have generally outshone their Merseyside counterparts, causing no end of shame and regret at Anfield which was once regarded as the most intimidating stadium to play in for opposing teams in both England and Europe. The lack of success against Manchester United have been the cause of much ire for fans of Liverpool, so much so that when they finally did the double against their arch enemies in 2009, there was much talk about how a new era of success was about to descend on the red half of Merseyside. In the end, it proved a false dawn which quickly culminated in a year of despair for Liverpool subsequently.
That does not mean that Man Utd are taking their defeats to Liverpool lying down. Manager of the North England club Alex Ferguson would not accept such results especially when he is determined to wipe the enemy from the history books. Ferguson will remind his players of their obligations to Man Utd and that a title win must come hand in hand with total dominance over the club they once aspired to be. Only such an end result would mean that they have stepped out from Liverpool’s shadows to lay true claim to being the best in England and the world. It does look inevitable now that the Old Trafford team will surpass Liverpool’s record haul of 18 titles, having already come level on terms with their rivals in that total. With just one more success to their name, they will become the undisputed number one team in the land. But there remains the sore point of making sure the reign of superiority is complete by not allowing Liverpool to beat them under any circumstances.