Pepe Reina believes the atmosphere at Anfield when Liverpool take on Manchester United is the best in world football.
England's two biggest clubs resume their rivalry on Sunday when Alex Ferguson brings his league leaders to Merseyside.
Reina has played in famous stadiums across Europe since making his senior breakthrough with Barcelona a decade ago - and he is in no doubt about what he'll witness this weekend.
"This game is probably the best atmosphere you can experience in a football match in any stadium in the world," he told Liverpoolfc.tv. "Especially when it's at Anfield."
Victory for Liverpool would do our chances of European qualification no harm - while it would also dent Manchester United's quest for a record 19th league championship.
Reina, though, claims he is not concerned with the latter.
"No, not really. We have to look after ourselves," said the No.25. "We have to climb up the table and finish higher than we are at the moment and that begins with beating them on Sunday."
Reina's opposite number this weekend will be Edwin van der Sar, who announced last month that he will retire at the end of this season.
Our Spanish custodian has huge respect for what the Dutchman has achieved in football.
"I have a lot of respect for him as a goalkeeper," said Reina. "He is one of the greatest ever.
"The things and the trophies and the career he has achieved - it's amazing. It's a pleasure to play for what will probably be the last time against him. I wish him all the best of luck during his life because as a professional he has done everything."
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At 28, Reina has yet to reach what many regard as the peak years for a goalkeeper - and he finds it hard to contemplate one day emulating van der Sar by playing into his fifth decade.
"I don't know, but you have to be a really, really, really good professional," he said. "You have to be lucky with injuries and look after yourself really well. It's not easy - and that's a lot to credit to Edwin.
"Time will tell where I am in 12 years but I know it would be something really difficult to achieve."
Liverpool have won their last two meetings with Manchester United at Anfield.
A late goal from David Ngog sealed victory last year - and Reina ran the entire length of the pitch to celebrate.
He added: "The celebration shows what it means to everybody. The way we won - that's the reason I ran the length of the pitch. We'd scored a last-minute goal, we were suffering a bit from their attacks and at the end we scored. It was so emotional.
"The key to winning again is to make fewer mistakes than them and to score one more goal - that's all. It sounds easy but they are always really, really tight games - always really close. There is no room for mistakes and we have to keep our concentration for 90 minutes.
"We're fighting to be as high as possible and to beat Manchester United is always special."
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