Liverpool goal to finish first league double over Manchester United since 2013/14

A conflict as outdated as time itself, the Liverpool vs Manchester United matches have at all times carried a distinct heft than most different traditional rivalries in soccer. Even in recent times, when Liverpool are miles forward of United by way of success, each European and home, the anticipation of the cross-country fixture is at a fever pitch.

This season, Liverpool are aiming to safe a historic quadruple by successful the Premier League, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the Champions League. In the Premier League, only one level separates them from desk toppers Manchester City and in the event that they win their subsequent match, they’ll be capable to leapfrog their nearest rival to the highest. This is the place issues get fascinating.

Liverpool’s subsequent match is on Tuesday evening in opposition to their fiercest rival Manchester United, who will look to throw a spanner in Liverpool’s march for the quadruple. With all of Liverpool’s latest successes, they’re nonetheless to finish the league double over Manchester United since 2013/14. To put issues in perspective, that was earlier than the Jurgen Klopp revolution.

Klopp has achieved virtually the whole lot since he took Liverpool to new heights of success however that league double in opposition to United nonetheless stays elusive. With Tuesday’s fixture scheduled to be performed in Liverpool fortress Anfield, there are excessive probabilities of the German lastly reaching that feat.

Liverpool are unbeaten of their final 7 Premier League conferences with United with the Red Devils failing to attain in 4 of their previous 5 top-flight journeys to Merseyside. The final time they breached the Liverpool objective in Anfield was in December 2018, the place they misplaced 3-1.

This season, Liverpool are unbeaten at Anfield within the Premier League, having received all of the final 10 top-flight video games there. In all competitions, the quantity is much more spectacular with the Reds having misplaced simply as soon as of their final 24 video games in all competitions.

Manchester United, in the meantime, journey to Anfield after a reasonably shaky efficiency in opposition to Norwich City over the weekend, the place they had been but once more bailed out by a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick in a 3-2 victory. With their final two fixtures on the street ending in defeats to Manchester City and Everton respectively, they need to keep away from 3 immediately defeats within the EPL since 2019. With their away type in tatters, the looming shadow of Anfield shall be a reasonably overwhelming sight for a staff that has stored only one clear sheet of their final 10 away matches in all competitions.