Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk says he enjoys the rivalry with Manchester United.

The Reds go to United today in their FA Cup quarterfinal.

“It's an intense rivalry," says Van Dijk. "Not only the actual game but the whole build-up is a game on its own but I like to be involved in these types of games and hopefully we will get a positive outcome and go through to the next round.

“United are finding ways to win and I think eventually you need the points. But I focus on what we have to do against them.

"It's always difficult, it's always intense, it's the history of the games with the two biggest clubs in England who have history with each other and that brings extra expectation and pressure."