Well, that time is upon us yet again. They are two of England's most successful clubs and they meet again this Saturday
It's Liverpool versus Manchester United at Anfield.
Head-to-head
United have lost their last three Premier League visits to Anfield, not winning since a 1-0 victory in December 2007 when Carlos Tevez scored. This is the club's longest run of defeats at Liverpool under Mr. Ferguson - and the longest since losing seven from 1972-79.
But United have the edge over Liverpool in terms of overall league victories, by 71 wins to 61. The two clubs first met in 1895 - in the old division two - when the Merseyside club romped to a 7-1 win.
There have been four red cards in the last four Premier League meetings at Anfield - three for Manchester United, one for Liverpool.
Draws are rare in this league fixture's recent history. The last one came 12 matches back, a 0-0 encounter at Anfield in September 2005.
In the past 3 seasons, everytime we have met United at Anfield, we have won all those games. Our previous five meetings have ended as such :
Liverpool 3 - 1 Manchester Utd ; Kuyt 3, Hernandez
Manchester Utd 1 - 0 Liverpool ; Giggs pen
Manchester Utd 3 - 2 Liverpool ; Berbatov 3, Gerrard 2
Manchester Utd 2 - 1 ; Rooney & Park, Torres
Liverpool 2 - 0 Manchester United ; N' Gog & Torres
While the previous 5 meetings at Anfield have ended as such :
Liverpool 3 - 1 Manchester Utd : Kuyt 3, Hernandez
Liverpool 2 - 0 Manchester Utd : Ngog & Torres
Liverpool 2 - 1 Manchester Utd : Brown O.G & Babel, Tevez
Liverpool 0 - 1 Manchester Utd : Tevez
Liverpool 0 - 1 Manchester Utd : O' Shea
team news :
Liverpool : Starting XI : Reina, Kelly, Enrique, Carragher, Skrtel, Lucas, Adam, Gerrard, Downing, Kuyt, Suarez.
Subs : Doni, Bellamy, Carroll, Henderson, Spearing, Robinson, Agger.
United : Starting XI : De Gea, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Jones, Fletcher, Giggs, Park, Young, Welbeck
Subs : Lindegaard, Carrick, Anderson, Rooney, Hernandez, Nani, Valencia
ref : Andre Marriner