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The rivalry betwixt Liverpool and Manchester United remains arguably the fiercest successful English football, with proximity some successful presumption of occurrence and geography fuelling a fixture that is simply a must-see for millions astir the satellite doubly a season.
Liverpool fans often constituent to their six European Cups arsenic grounds of supremacy implicit their bitterest of enemies, portion Man United clasp the home bragging rights with 20 top-flight titles to Liverpool's 19.
Arne Slot's broadside are successful rod presumption to adjacent that haul of top-flight crowns this season, though, and could instrumentality different stride towards a record-equalling 20th rubric erstwhile Ruben Amorim's crisis-ridden United broadside make the trip to Anfield connected Sunday.
Both clubs person enjoyed eras of near-total dominance implicit the English crippled too, with the Reds establishing themselves arsenic the eminent unit successful the 1970s and 1980s especially, earlier Man United knocked them disconnected their perch successful the 1990s and 2000s.
Certainly, successful the Premier League epoch it has been a one-sided communicative of home success, with Man United boasting 13 titles to Liverpool's one, though successful caller years it is the Merseysiders who person got the amended of the reddish fractional of Manchester much often than not.
There has arguably ne'er been a greater gulf betwixt the 2 sides arsenic determination is heading into this weekend's crippled either, with Liverpool racing wide astatine the apical portion Man United are self-confessed relegation candidates this season.
Both clubs tin boast immoderate of the astir notable and legendary names of the Premier League era, and up of Sunday's latest section of this storied rivalry betwixt English football's 2 astir palmy clubs, we person taken connected the task of curating a best-ever combined XI since 1992.
Goalkeeper: Peter Schmeichel
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There were galore reasons down United's dominance of the Premier League passim the 1990s, but the beingness of Peter Schmeichel successful extremity was 1 of the biggest.
The large Dane outgo the Red Devils conscionable £505,000 successful 1991 and near 8 years aboriginal arsenic a five-time rubric victor and having made 292 Premier League appearances for the club. Schmeichel remains the lone goalkeeper to triumph the Premier League Player of the Season grant and was besides named successful the archetypal ever Premier League PFA Team of the Year.
Honourable mentions: Alisson Becker, David de Gea, Edwin van der Sar, Pepe Reina
Right-back: Gary Neville
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Another stalwart from United's all-conquering 90s squad and beyond, Gary Neville played for United his full vocation and yet hung up his boots successful 2011 aft precisely 400 Premier League appearances for the club.
The 85-time England planetary helped himself to 8 top-flight titles successful that time, being named successful the PFA Team of the Year connected 5 abstracted occasions including 3 successful a enactment betwixt 1996 and 1999.
Neville himself whitethorn good enactment the supremely-talented Trent Alexander-Arnold supra him successful the pecking bid for this team, but the Man United man's grounds of palmy keeps him conscionable up for now.
Honourable mentions: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Markus Babbel
Centre-backs: Rio Ferdinand, Virgil van Dijk
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Two of the precise best, and arguably the 2 astir complete, centre-backs to ever grace the Premier League marque up our concern for this team, with Rio Ferdinand and Virgil van Dijk offering a precise steadfast instauration for those successful beforehand of them.
Ferdinand turned retired 455 times for Man United betwixt 2002 and 2014, including 312 Premier League outings, proving to beryllium 1 of the cornerstones of different of Sir Alex Ferguson's all-conquering teams.
The erstwhile England planetary helped the Red Devils to six Premier League titles successful that time, arsenic good arsenic winning 2 League Cups, the Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup.
Ferdinand was named successful the PFA Premier League Team of the Year 5 times arsenic a Man United subordinate - six times successful full - and is an inductee to the English Football and the Premier League Hall of Fame.
Van Dijk's trophy furniture is not rather arsenic full, but the Dutch colossus has arguably reached a level that nary different Premier League centre-back has ever managed.
Since joining successful 2018, Van Dijk has made much than 200 Premier League appearances for Liverpool and has been named successful the PFA Team of the Year 4 times.
The erstwhile Celtic and Southampton antheral was besides voted the Premier League and PFA Players' Player of the Year for 2018-19, becoming the archetypal outright defender to triumph the second grant for 13 years.
Honourable mentions: Nemanja Vidic, Jaap Stam, Jamie Carragher, Steve Bruce, Sami Hyypia, Gary Pallister
Left-back: Denis Irwin
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Mr Dependable passim his 12 seasons with United, Denis Irwin was arsenic adept astatine close oregon left-back and made astir 300 appearances for the nine successful the Premier League, having joined them earlier the caller epoch began.
Also a set-piece specialist, Irwin won 7 Premier League titles and was named successful the PFA Team of the Year twice, providing an indispensable but often underrated beingness astatine full-back during a play of utter dominance from Man United.
Honourable mentions: Andrew Robertson, Patrice Evra, John Arne Riise
Central midfield: Steven Gerrard, Roy Keane
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United's haul of 13 Premier League titles to 1 for Liverpool means that galore adjacent calls successful this XI spell the mode of the Red Devils, but Steven Gerrard's quality made him intolerable to permission retired adjacent if his trophy furniture does not comparison to galore of those from Old Trafford.
Voted to the PFA Team of the Year a grounds 8 times, the talismanic skipper besides won the PFA Young Player of the Year, PFA Players' Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year and PFA Fans' Player of the Year (twice) awards during his illustrious 17-year enactment successful the Premier League with Liverpool.
When Gerrard yet called clip connected his Anfield vocation helium near having scored 120 goals successful 504 Premier League appearances, firmly establishing himself arsenic 1 of the top players the contention has ever seen.
Roy Keane tin besides acceptable into that category, and it is hard to ideate a much fearsome and accomplished midfield duo from the Premier League era. Keane helped United to 7 league titles successful a play of 10 years, with 4 of those coming arsenic captain.
Indeed, the outspoken Irishman near arsenic United's astir decorated skipper of each time, portion connected an idiosyncratic level helium was named successful the PFA Team of the Year 5 times and won the PFA Player and FWA Footballer of the Year awards successful 2000.
Honourable mentions: Xabi Alonso, Nicky Butt, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Michael Carrick, Dietmar Hamann, Javier Mascherano
Right wing: Mohamed Salah
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There would not beryllium galore arguments with the proposition that Cristiano Ronaldo is the top subordinate to person ever played successful the Premier League, but based solely connected their careers successful England, Mohamed Salah has present overtaken adjacent the five-time Ballon d'Or winner.
The Egyptian King wasted nary clip successful establishing himself arsenic Liverpool's main man, mounting a caller Premier League grounds for astir goals scored successful a 38-game run during his debut play erstwhile helium plundered 32.
Salah has gone connected to beryllium Liverpool's starring scorer successful each play since, and astatine the clip of penning sits eighth connected the all-time Premier League goalscorers list, with Arsenal icon Thierry Henry lone narrowly up of him.
The prolific winger is not each astir goals, though - helium besides sits successful the apical 10 for astir assists successful the competition's past and is closing successful connected the apical 5 for astir wide extremity involvements.
A two-time PFA Players' and FWA Footballer of the Year, three-time Golden Boot victor and three-time inclusion successful the PFA Team of the Year, Salah has already breached records galore during a 2024-25 run which looks destined to extremity successful yet much idiosyncratic and squad awards.
Now regarded arsenic 1 of the precise champion Premier League players of each time, Salah besides boasts an unthinkable grounds successful this peculiar fixture, scoring much goals and registering much extremity involvements against Man United than immoderate different subordinate successful the competition's history.
Honourable mentions: Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham
Attacking midfield: Paul Scholes
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Even Ronaldo was mesmerised by the passing quality of Paul Scholes, who remains 1 of the astir revered players by erstwhile teammates and different ex-pros.
A one-club man, Scholes ended his vocation successful 2013 conscionable 1 crippled abbreviated of 500 successful the Premier League, during which clip helium scored 107 goals.
Only 1 subordinate has won much Premier League titles than Scholes's tally of 11 successful 19 years, though the proposition that helium was not ever afloat appreciated during his playing vocation is backed up by a deficiency of idiosyncratic awards and the information that helium was lone named successful the PFA Team of the Year twice.
Honourable mentions: Eric Cantona, Bruno Fernandes, Philippe Coutinho
Left-wing: Ryan Giggs
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The eventual advert for longevity successful the Premier League era, Ryan Giggs signed his archetypal nonrecreational declaration astatine United successful 1990 and played his 963rd and last crippled for the nine 24 years later.
The Welsh helping wizard made 632 of those appearances successful the Premier League, scoring 109 goals and creating a grounds 162 much arsenic helium outlasted adjacent Sir Alex Ferguson astatine Old Trafford.
Giggs was astatine the nine for each 13 of their Premier League rubric successes - Liverpool and United are the lone clubs to person won much titles successful English shot past than Giggs unsocial - and helium was named successful the PFA Team of the Year connected six occasions.
Honourable mentions: Sadio Mane, Steve McManaman, Marcus Rashford
Centre-forward: Wayne Rooney
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Some of the top players successful Premier League past are competing for a solitary striking relation successful this team, but for each of their brilliance nary person the aforesaid premix of longevity, occurrence and goalscoring prowess arsenic Wayne Rooney.
One of lone 3 players to person scored much than 200 goals successful the competition, 183 of those came successful 393 games for Manchester United.
Rooney has besides scored much distant goals than immoderate different subordinate successful the Premier League epoch (94) and boasts 12 seasons successful which helium reached treble figures successful the contention - different record.
A five-time rubric winner, United's all-time starring scorer was named successful the PFA Team of the Year 3 times and won a big of idiosyncratic awards, including the PFA Players' Player, PFA Young Player, PFA Fans' Player, FWA Footballer and Premier League Player of the Season crowns.
Honourable mentions: Robbie Fowler, Luis Suarez, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Andy Cole, Fernando Torres, Dwight Yorke, Michael Owen, Roberto Firmino, Robin van Persie, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Sports Mole's Liverpool vs. Man United Premier League combined XI: Schmeichel; G Neville, Ferdinand, Van Dijk, Irwin; Gerrard, Keane; Salah, Scholes, Giggs; Rooney
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