Liverpool midfielder Fabinho has revealed that he hopes Manchester City suffer a similar collapse to the one that is currently plaguing rivals United.
The Reds currently find themselves in the relegation zone after two defeats from two in the Premier League. Since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, United have not won a single title and have suffered a fall from grace unlike most teams.
While the red half of Manchester has faltered the blue side has risen. City have been dominant in the Premier League under Pep Guardiola and only need the Champions League to seal the full array of trophies.
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City have taken seven points from their opening fixtures and find themselves in second place. Liverpool meanwhile have stalled to two draws from their first two and head to Old Trafford on Monday looking for their first victory of the campaign.
Speaking ahead of that match, the 28-year-old claimed he hoped that City suffered a similar fate to their arch-rivals. The Brazilian told the PA: "I think Man United is a really big team and has big money to invest as well so when a team like this is not successful, I think it is good for us because it is one less team that will fight for titles or to win championships.
"I think this is good for us. If this happens with City as well I would be happy as it is one less team that will fight with us.
"Some clubs can always fight for the top of the league or winning a championship and I think Man United is one of the teams and if things don’t happen in the way they expect of course we will be happy because it is one less team on the top fighting for us." Pressure has already started to mount on top of Erik ten Hag after the Reds' start but Fabinho said he wasn't worried about plunging United into further misery.
"I don’t care if a win pushes them a little bit more into crisis, I just want to beat them and win three points," he added. "The first half (last season) was almost a perfect game.
"We scored four goals and the way we played, the way we pressed them, the quality we played on the ball was really unbelievable. To be honest, I wanted the team to attack more to try to score more goals because we had one more player in that moment (Paul Pogba was sent off on the hour), but it was the moment where the team tried to control more of the game and to stabilise the ball.
"As a fan I wanted the team to score more because it was a big opportunity to do a historic score at Old Trafford but of course 5-0 was not bad."
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