Gary Neville believes Manchester United have just a two per cent chance at best of defeating Liverpool on Tuesday. Facing quadruple-chasing Liverpool would already be a daunting enough prospect after they defeated United 5-0 at Old Trafford in November and things have only been made harder by the loss of six key players.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Fred, Scott McTominay, Edinson Cavani, Raphael Varane and Luke Shaw are all unavailable. Even with a fully fit squad getting a positive result at Anfield would be a massive task and United great Neville doesn't see much chance of it happening. "No, I'm not," he said on Sky Sports when he was told he didn't sound confident. ALSO READ: Manchester United transfer makers must listen to Ralf Rangnick comments "I mean, look, the great thing is we come here tonight.
Anfield, Manchester United. It's a free hit, because everyone expects them to get beaten well and they could go and do something.
But honestly, that's a 1%, 2% chance. "Usually, these games you say 70-30, 60-40, even if they were a more dominant team just because of the fact that the other one is dangerous sometimes.
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