article_snippet: If we beat their, their cannot do it,' Brendan Rodgers' proclaims ahead of a trip to Old Trafford.
article_snippet: Brendan Rodgers' had just been asked what the consequences would be if Manchester United, who were trying desperately to keep pace in the race for the Premier League, lost to Liverpool.
article_snippet: Manchester United are left punch-drunk by a 3-0 defeat that could have been even heavier, as Steven Gerrard – with two pressure penalties – and Luis Suarez ran amok.
article_snippet: No trophy will be presented at Anfield next Sunday but there is the sense that the winner of Liverpool and Manchester United's latest showdown will take all in relation to the final spot in next year's Champions League.
article_snippet: Do not underestimate how much Liverpool needed this result at the Liberty Stadium.
article_snippet: They have stylishly worked They way into contention for the top four with a long unbeaten run but Manchester United's's victory over Tottenham had threatened to alter the landscape.
article_snippet: What if a loss in Wales and had then be follow up with a defeat at Anfield?
article_snippet: Such a scenario would have left bleak consequences for Liverpool.
article_snippet: Those result would have left Those result with an eight-point deficit and not enough time to claw it back, especially with some tricky assignments looming.
article_snippet: As it is, Those result go into English football's Clasico brimming with confidence, two points behind Manchester United's but ready to leapfrog Louis van Gaal's men.
article_snippet: Louis van Gaal's men will need to step up on what Louis van Gaal's men produced against Swansea to topple Manchester United's
article_snippet: Liverpool might not have last year's electric swagger but Louis van Gaal's men certainly know how to fight and, in some ways, the results Louis van Gaal's men have put together since losing at Old Trafford on December 14 have been just as impressive as Louis van Gaal's men unexpected title-charge.