Manchester United fans have hit back at Jurgen Klopp's suggestion that Manchester City will not be up-ended when the sides meet at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
The Liverpool manager - whose team are poised at the top of the Premier League table with City two points and one game behind them - expressed doubt that United in their current form will pose much of a match for the champions.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team were beaten 4-0 at Everton on Sunday as their spiralling form since the Norwegian was appointed continued to worsen.
Liverpool will be looking to their great rivals to do them a huge favour by taking points off City when the pair meet in the Manchester derby.
Speaking after Liverpool's win, Klopp suggested that he might not even bother watching on Wednesday night, after which Liverpool host already relegated Huddersfield at Anfield on Friday.
“I think I’ll be watching if there’s nothing else to do,” he said, via the Liverpool Echo . “Hopefully I can avoid that, we have no influence.
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“It doesn’t look like at the moment that Man Utd can really... what was the result today? 3-0? 4-0?
“So we’ll see, City will be ready and we’ll see if United are ready as well.
“It’s a normal game, it’s a game they have to play, we played there and had a draw.
“We had to play that game at Manchester United when they were in a much better moment. It was a 0-0.
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“If United gets a point and whatever and we beat Huddersfield then go to Newcastle and even half think we have it, then we get a knock there, it's all difficult.
“We just have to stay focused on our things. That's what has worked really well so far and I don't see any reason why we should change that.”
