article_snippet: the manager Liverpool was on the back foot in December.
article_snippet: Liverpool had 63 per cent of the possession.
article_snippet: Arsene Wenger’s tries to organise the side as the side relinquished 63 per cent possession to Liverpool .
article_snippet: But at Manchester United Louis van Gaal hasn’t been able to deploy Manchester United with the success that Rodgers has at Liverpool.
article_snippet: Manchester United have hit on a system to match Rodgers .
article_snippet: Sunday’s match against Tottenham saw Manchester United produce an impressive performance when they looked to be back to where they should be for the first time this season.
article_snippet: After they best results earlier in this season — the 3-0 win over Liverpool, the 2-1 win at Arsenal or the 2-1 win at Southampton —
article_snippet: But after the Tottenham game, for the first time in a long time, they would have come off knowing that they dominated the game and that they had deserved they victory.
article_snippet: Liverpool’s win at Swansea on Monday was so important.
article_snippet: they are in the FA Cup with a replay at Blackburn to overcome.
article_snippet: Certainly a trophy and top-four finish was unthinkable when these teams last met.
highlights_snippet: Liverpool play Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday in top-four clash .
  
highlights_snippet: Brendan Rodgers are just two points behind United in fifth place .
  
highlights_snippet: Liverpool haven't lost in the league since United beat Brendan Rodgers in December .
  