Roque Santa Cruz has urged Manchester City fans to adopt a new approach to games against Liverpool.

He knows Liverpool is always seen as a massive game by Manchester United and feels City need to adopt a similar mentality.

The Paraguayan said: "You can see from the past United always wanted to beat Liverpool, even though they were the champions.

"Big games like this are always different - they bring a lot of motivation to the players and are always special.

"I'm sure we will approach the game thinking in the same way that United do - that Liverpool are contenders we need to beat."