Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has sent a rallying cry to fans ahead of their clash with Liverpool.

Mata has urged United supporters to get behind the team when they host Liverpool tomorrow afternoon.

“We want to have not only 11, but 75,000 [people] playing and trying to score on Sunday, and I'm sure they [the fans] will help us," he told ManUtd.com.

“I'm sure they will push us for the win and I have to say that the atmosphere at Old Trafford in the last few weeks has been incredible. They're happy. They come and they're getting results. The fans are going back home happy, and that's the most important thing for us, so hopefully on Sunday it can be the same.

“Since I arrived in Manchester, I felt this was the big game. Liverpool-United, United-Liverpool – everyone is waiting for those derbies, and you can feel it in the build-up to the game. During the week, everyone is speaking about it, everyone is thinking about it. We will try to make it very special.“