Manchester United have not won at Anfield since 2016 but could Erik ten Hag’s side continue their recent revival by beating one of their biggest rivals in their own backyard on Sunday?
“I fancy United more than I do Liverpool,” said BBC Sport’s football expert Chris Sutton. “Jurgen Klopp’s side have struggled for consistency all season.
“This could be the game where Liverpool really get their season up and running again, but I don’t see that happening. United really are streets ahead of them right now.”
Sutton is making predictions for every Premier League game this season, against a variety of guests.
For this weekend’s fixtures, he is up against rapper and Arsenal fan, AntsLive.
AntsLive has his first headline show at London Omeara on 15 March. His debut mixtape, Just A Matter of Time, is out now.
Unlike Sutton, AntsLive is hoping that some of his predictions turn out to be wrong when it comes to who will prevail in the title race.
He told BBC Sport: “My brother and I went through every game for Arsenal and Manchester City to predict how all their remaining results would go, and it worked out that City were champions by one point.
“City seem to have an easier run-in, while we still have to go to Etihad Stadium and Anfield.
“It might not even be those games that decide it, though. When you get to the end of the season you never know what the teams at the bottom will be fighting for – and I still think Manchester United have a chance too.
“There’s a lot to factor in, but it’s great that we are in the position we are in and, whatever happens from here, it is going to be a really exciting end to the season – I just hope we find a way of getting over the line first, because we are definitely good enough.”
AntsLive grew up as an Arsenal fanatic in north London but he played in Chelsea’s academy before turning his focus to making music.
“I started at Chelsea when I was six or seven, and I was there for a couple of years,” he explained. “I kept playing too, in Sunday League and tried to do bits in semi-pro when I got to 16, but then my priorities changed.
“I still play now, a bit of seven-a-side mainly. I was always a winger when I was growing up but I prefer it in the middle of the park these days.
“Thierry Henry was always the stand-out player when I was younger but I was a big fan of people like Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott too.
“Our team at the start of the Emirates era didn’t win as much as the Arsenal sides that came before them but that was when I fell in love with it all, and I was playing a lot then too.
“To be honest though, what we are seeing now is the best football I have witnessed as an Arsenal fan.
“What I love about Mikel Arteta is how it is the little details that make the difference. You never see Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli pick the ball up when they are out wide on the touchline, because they can only go backwards from there.
“Being more central gives them more options when they get the ball, and it is like that right through the team – basically Arteta makes it easy for all our players, and you can tell he is an incredible coach.”
Source – BBC Sport
