Beating Liverpool at
Anfield would bring
Manchester United a lot
closer to finishing in the
top four, admits Louis
van Gaal.
Fourth-placed United lead their bitter rivals
by two points heading into Sunday's clash,
having emerged 3-0 winners when the two
sides met at Old Trafford back in December.
Liverpool have enjoyed a 13-game unbeaten run
in the Premier League since that defeat and
Van Gaal knows ending the Merseysiders'
streak would go a long way towards
consolidating United's return to the
Champions League next season.
"It [the race for the top four] shall last to the
end," the Dutchman told reporters.
"But a win helps - and it helps a lot. It helps to
continue for Manchester United because after
a victory you need another victory to confirm
what you have done against Tottenham.
"It is always about the next game because
Manchester United is not in a moment that we
can say a victory or loss doesn't matter. We
have to win and also after the game against
Liverpool we have to win otherwise it shall be
for nothing the victory against Liverpool.
"The Spurs result (United won 3-0) could be
the 'major' one we have been looking for but
then we have to continue and then we have to
confirm against Liverpool the display against
Tottenham because when we can confirm it
then we show that we are there maybe.
"But its the most difficult ground for
Manchester United I believe I have heard. It
is not a very easy ground for United that's
true so - but now I'm the manager here maybe
we can change that.
"When we play like we have played against
Tottenham then we have a great possibility to
win."