Sun, 11/20/2011
Manchester United legend Gary Neville says Liverpool struggle to get themselves up for games against "smaller teams".
Neville wrote in the Daily Mail: "I would watch United in the Eighties, see them win big games againstLiverpool and, as a fan, begin to get the feeling that 'We're back!' and 'This is the year!'.
"But then you would be let down in the following week in a match that the team would never expect to lose or draw.
"And that's what's killing Liverpool. Take this season. They have played six at home and drawn against Sunderland, Norwich and Swansea.
"Compare that with United's performances at Old Trafford against Norwich and Sunderland, when the team were nowhere near their best and playing nothing like the quality of football they had produced earlier in the season against Arsenal and Chelsea.
"And yet they came away with three points both times. There is a pattern developing at Liverpool.
"They cannot seem to impose themselves on smaller sides. You can have one freak result against a side such as Norwich, Swansea and Sunderland, but you can't have three in the first six home games."
Manchester United legend Gary Neville says Liverpool struggle to get themselves up for games against "smaller teams".
Neville wrote in the Daily Mail: "I would watch United in the Eighties, see them win big games againstLiverpool and, as a fan, begin to get the feeling that 'We're back!' and 'This is the year!'.
"But then you would be let down in the following week in a match that the team would never expect to lose or draw.
"And that's what's killing Liverpool. Take this season. They have played six at home and drawn against Sunderland, Norwich and Swansea.
"Compare that with United's performances at Old Trafford against Norwich and Sunderland, when the team were nowhere near their best and playing nothing like the quality of football they had produced earlier in the season against Arsenal and Chelsea.
"And yet they came away with three points both times. There is a pattern developing at Liverpool.
"They cannot seem to impose themselves on smaller sides. You can have one freak result against a side such as Norwich, Swansea and Sunderland, but you can't have three in the first six home games."
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