Manchester United captain Gary Neville says Sunday's clash at Liverpool will not be decisive in the title race.
Neville acknowledges that the Reds from Manchester go into the game in a better frame of mind than Liverpool, but that will count for very little when the two teams cross the white line.
"This is always a great fixture, a passionate fixture but a game that can always go either way," he told MUTV. "We just hope we're at the top of our game, because you have to be in these ones.
"It was important to keep a clean sheet against CSKA, especially going into Sunday's game. We're happy with how we defended.
"The fact Liverpool lost [against Lyon] and we won in Moscow will mean nothing come Sunday lunchtime. They're at home in front of their fans. It's always difficult at Anfield. We have to make sure we're on top of our game.
"It's far too early to talk about knocking Liverpool out of the title race, we're only nine or ten games into the season. Any team in the top four is capable of winning six or seven games on the trot and getting back into it. We just need to think about our performance and what we do."
