Technically, it’s not even a derby - but for Jurgen Klopp, it is the biggest of the lot; the fixture that is the pure essence of football.
“When Liverpool versus United is not a special game any more then something went really wrong. It has to be like that otherwise football would have absolutely no right to exist any more,” he explains passionately.
Klopp knows he doesn’t have to hype the English El Clasico, he knows taking the fire out of the fixture by playing down it usually works for his side who have dominated the encounter since he arrived at Anfield.
