Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has dismissed Manchester United claims that they've had a tougher schedule so far this season.

"That's a lot of nonsense," he said. "If you've played more tough away games in the first half of the season, it just means you've got a lot tougher home games in the second half.

"We've had a lot of difficult away games too, at Chelsea, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Everton, and they'll be equally difficult when we play them at home. So I don't believe that argument carries any weight.

"This season has proved that the fixtures many people see as easy don't always prove the case anyway.

"All the so-called big four have struggled at different times."