This Sunday brings back Liverpool-Manchester United, the greatest classic of English football. The classic of classics. More exciting than ever. United, now managed by Erik ten Hag, are 3rd, with a game in hand, 11 points behind leaders Arsenal and 6 behind Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool is fighting not to miss the next Champions League (with one game less, they are 6 points from those places). But this rivalry is also a historical matter. United and Liverpool are themselves great rivals par excellence, even ahead of what their respective citizen derbies (United with City and Liverpool with Everton) might suggest.
The origin of this conflict is not only due to football issues but also socioeconomic ones. manchester and liverpoollocated only 56 kilometers away, are the two largest cities in the North West of Englandindustrial and economic rivals, more so since the construction of the Manchester Maritime Canal, which enabled Manchester merchants to stop paying high fees to the port of Liverpool.
Most laureates in Europe compared to most laureates in England
The rivalry between Liverpool and United is known, on a football level, as the so-called North West England Derby. They are the two English teams with the most titles. At league level, United have more, the absolute record: 20, but Liverpool only one, 19. They are also the English clubs with the most titles in Europe and, among the 2, the most successful on the Old Continent is Liverpool.
Sir Alex Ferguson said this: “For me the derby is against LiverpoolIt’s for the story.” Throughout history, in their clashes, United have won 83 times and Liverpool 70, with 58 draws.
In the worst part of the conflict, the references of radical fans of both teams in tragedies from the rival team: the songs of the Liverpool radicals about the tragedy in Munich, where on February 6, 1958, 23 members of United died in a plane crash; and the songs of United radicals, about the Hillsborough stadium tragedy, in Sheffield, where on April 15, 1989, 96 Liverpool fans died due to an avalanche.
Manchester United titles
LEAGUES: 20
FA CUP: 12
LEAGUE CUP / CARABAO CUP: 6
COMMUNITY SHIELD / CHARITY: 21
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 3
EUROPA LEAGUE /UEFA CUP: 1
COLLECTION: 1
EUROPEAN SUPER CUP: 1
INTERCONTINENTAL CUP: 1
CLUB WORLD CUP: 1
Liverpool titles
LEAGUES: 19
FA CUP: 8
LEAGUE CUP: 9
COMMUNITY SHIELD / CHARITY :16
SUPER CUP (1986): 1
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: 6
EUROPA LEAGUE/UEFA CUP: 3
EUROPEAN SUPER CUP: 4
CLUB WORLD CUP: 1
Source: La Verdad
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