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Steven Gerrard helped sink United in 2009 | ANDREW YATES/Getty Images
In 2009, Sir Alex Ferguson famously described Manchester United vs Liverpool as the biggest club game in world football.
And you can t really argue with Sir Alex Ferguson, can you?
Heading into the meeting between the sides in March that year, there was a lot of pressure on the biggest club game in world football, but Liverpool weren t really given a chance.
Perhaps rightly not, given that United had won the Premier League for the past two seasons and boasted a squad that featured Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic, all at the absolute peak of their powers.