Plans to allow more Man United supporters into Anfield when Liverpool play at home against the club have been rejected by Liverpool City Council.
The Reds had asked the council's ground safety advisory group, which oversees safety at Anfield and Goodison Park , to change current rules to allow more Man United fans to sit in the lower tier of the Anfield Road Stand.
The stand is currently subject to safety measures, known as 'seat kills', which see some seats left empty in parts of the away area.
Liverpool currently only use seat kills, which are used to tackle 'persistent standing' among away fans, in matches against Man United.
Recently published minutes from a meeting in February show Liverpool had requested the number of rows in each block of the lower tier of the Anfield Road Stand subjected to a 'seat kill' be reduced from four to two, allowing more tickets to be sold to Man United fans.
But the police and council rejected the club's proposal - and also recommended the rules in place for travelling Man United home games be put in place for Cardiff City.
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The minutes of the meeting say: "Building Control considered this request and consulted with the Police, and LFC who were all in agreement that in this regard Building Control would not recommend acceptance of the change, and the seat kill for Manchester United would remain as currently in force and would now also apply to Cardiff City."
Cardiff's likely relegation would render those changes unnecessary for next season's Premier League games.
The recommendations are expected to be confirmed at a licensing meeting next week.
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No other clubs are affected - and neither are LFC fans.
Licensing committee members are set to receive a presentation from the club next Tuesday on its plans for holding non-football events at Anfield outside the season.
Those plans were finally approved last autumn after a battle which originally saw LFC's plans knocked back after a backlash from its Anfield neighbours.
