Liverpool legend John Aldridge believes hatred still fuels their clash with Manchester United ahead of today's match.

But beneath the tribal rivalry between England's biggest two club alongside the loathing, he says, is a deep mutual respect – a legacy from the history United and Liverpool have created over the past six decades at home and abroad.

Aldridge told the Mirror, “I'll be nervous as always because anything can happen. Just look at last season at Old Trafford when we were flying and the game ended in a 0-0 draw.

“We didn't approach that game in the right manner last season in my opinion, we were caught in two minds.

“We thought a point was probably a decent result away at United and Manchester City would probably not win all their remaining games.

“You look at United now and they are in a massive transition, they're struggling big time. But this is Liverpool. They know.

“If you ask them who their biggest game is it's Liverpool. It's not City and never has been and historically Liverpool's biggest game is United.

“In terms of the title race, for Liverpool now the biggest match is probably City because of where the two teams are.

“But it's really United because of the hatred – and the respect - but also the hatred between the two biggest teams by a million miles in England."