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Man Utd hero Neville: Losing to Liverpool at Anfield made Sir Alex's blood boil

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has claimed that losing to Liverpool at Anfield would make Sir Alex Ferguson's angry during his playing days.

United take on the Reds this Saturday at Anfield in a match where they will be the favorites due to their good recent form as well as Liverpool's frustrating recent results.

Neville said: "People talk about the hairdryer and it never happened that much during a season, but the most consistent place you would see it was Anfield, at half-time or the end of the game.

"The worst I've ever seen him consistently was at Anfield if we were losing at half-time or at the end of the game.

"He'd sit there unmoved in the dressing room at the end of the game while everyone was getting showered for 25 minutes. Just not moving."Once when I was a kid, just travelling, I remember him having a massive row with [Peter] Schmeichel and [Paul] Ince in the changing room. It was unbelievable.

"We always knew as well that they [Liverpool] could hear everything that was being said, probably laughing on the other side of the wall."He could not stand losing at Anfield. If we won there, it didn't matter how we played -- it was like the best thing in the world."

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