Fulham captain Danny Murphy would love to do former club Liverpool a favour and beat Manchester United this weekend.

"I would absolutely love that, it would make a lot of people I know very happy," said the midfielder, who saw his old pals before Liverpool faced United because Fulham were staying in the same Manchester hotel.

"The result Liverpool got at Old Trafford was fantastic. I noticed it had gone to 3-1 before our game at Bolton and I was made up for the boys because they've had quite a lot of stick recently."

Murphy's free-kick in 2000 gave Liverpool their first victory at Old Trafford in a decade and he followed that up with a late winner to dent United's title hopes in 2002 and a decisive penalty in 2004.

He added: "United have got great qualities but, who knows, maybe they will start to feel the pressure a bit. They know what it's all about because they have been up there so many times, but they will know Liverpool are chasing them and it's how they react and deal with that."