Manchester United supporters feared another shellacking when rivals Liverpool made the visit to Old Trafford earlier this season.
After the worst year at the club for decades, any optimism for the new campaign with Erik ten Hag in charge quickly disappeared following defeats against Brighton and Brentford, which suggested a defeat against Liverpool was inevitable.
Liverpool won 9-0 on aggregate across both meetings against United last season and they signed Darwin Nunez in the summer, a player who moved to Anfield partly because key figures in Manchester were reluctant to be drawn into a bidding war.
