Neville, Keane and Carragher still top of their game – shame Man Utd and Liverpool are not

Gary Neville set the scene perfectly on Sky Sports: “This is an anti-embarrassment game. Neither of these managers can afford to get beaten 3-0.” How are the mighty fallen. The build-up captured the peculiar position in which the Manchester United vs Liverpool fixture finds itself: English football’s two biggest teams doing battle for the minor placings, hoping to live to fight another day, each knowing that the Premier League title is far beyond their realistic ambition as it stands. Not...