Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre insists they have a good relationship with Manchester United.

United are at Anfield on Sunday for the FA Cup.

Ayre told liverpoolfc.tv: "The relationship is good. Off the pitch we have a fantastic relationship with Manchester United. We talk to them on a regular basis on all different levels on a whole different manner of things. I know our owners are very close to the Glazers and talk to them and that's the way it should be.

"The rivalry is on the pitch and so it should be but we all support our respective team and we all support them as much as we can. It's not the same when you get into the business or the administrative side of it - we're not all competing with each other as such and we all have a duty to work together to deliver the best we can for our individual clubs but also for the game and for the league.

"We have a good relationship, we always have and they are good people."