Is Man City's Liverpool fixture bigger than the derby vs Manchester United?

Former centre-back John O'Shea believes Manchester United will face an "uphill task" to secure a top-four finish if they fail to beat Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday evening.

Liverpool scraped through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League despite losing 1-0 at home to Inter Milan, as they went through 2-1 on aggregate.Jurgen Klopp's side arrived at Anfield with a healthy 2-0 lead, but that was halved on the hour mark as Lautaro Martinez scored a wondergoal to put Inter back in the tie.But moments later former Arsenal and Manchester United star Alexis Sanchez was sent off for a second bookable offence, throwing all the momentum they had gathered and Liverpool saw out the game against ten men.Although Sanchez' first yellow card was a no-brainer, there was controversy surrounding his second offence, and Arsene Wenger has accuses Fabinho of "cheating".Sanchez was one of Wenger's star men at Arsenal towards the end of his career in management, and sided with the Chilean after he was sent off at Anfield on Tuesday night.Wenger instead pointed the finger at Fabinho, as told beIN Sports: "He rode the line between cheating and being clever. Fabinho on this foul he was on the other side, he was cheating, he made more of it."Maybe he had pain and he was touched by Sanchez.

Marcus Rashford not to quit Manchester United.Rashford is said to be considering his future following a miserable season that has seen him struggle to hold down a place in the United side.The England striker has scored just five goals and started two of the last 11 games in all competitions.Rashford is worried his lack of game time will cost him a place in England's World Cup squad - and is looking at his possible options this summer as he gets set to enter the final 12 months of his current deal at Old Trafford.Former United star Berbatov admits the 24-year-old is right to be considering a change, but believes he needs to think long and hard about turning his back on a club like United."It's understandable that Rashford wants to start games and, if he's still not being picked by the end of the season, I'd expect him to be considering his future at the club," Berbatov told Betfair."But he needs to remember that there will be another manager in charge next season and players who haven't had a look -in under (Ralf) Rangnick will get another chance."So it's a bit too soon for Rashford to be thinking about leaving for another club."Berbatov recalls the time he decided he wanted out of United back in 2012 and made his feelings clear to then-manager Sir Alex Ferguson, which left the Scot less than impressed.He added: "It's disappointing when you are left out. I experienced it and it wasn't pleasant.

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, March 9.

Rio Ferdinand has claimed Marcus Rashford doesn’t deserve a place in the upcoming England squad.

Chelsea are reportedly keen on signing Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez.

Michael Carrick has admitted Donny van de Beek wasn't given enough first-team opportunities at Manchester United before heading out on loan.

Sir Alex Ferguson was harassed by a Manchester City supporter following their side’s dominant victory over Manchester United at the Etihad on Sunday. The former Red Devils boss, 80, witnessed his side succumb to a 4-1 loss in East Manchester, before being filmed and mocked outside the stadium.One City fan continually shouted in the Scot’s face as he made his way home, screaming: "Never in my lifetime! City, City, City."The supporter was referencing the words Ferguson made in 2009.When asked if the ‘noisy neighbours’ would ever go into a game with United as favourites, the former Aberdeen boss responded: “What time is it?"I think it's time for me to leave...

Manchester City full-back, 33, was heavily slammed for a hysterical outburst at the weekend following Roy Keane's scathing analysis of Manchester United. Now Richards is adamant he is going on a 'laughing strike' to avoid future criticism."I’m not allowed to laugh now… honestly, I just won’t laugh," quipped the ex-England international on BBC Radio 5's Monday Night Club."Shall I? I’ll be serious for the rest of the show.

Former centre-back Rio Ferdinand has slammed the lack of communication coming from Manchester United's defenders following Sunday's 4-1 defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Former Manchester United striker Teddy Sheringham believes Arsenal will come out on top in the race to finish fourth in the Premier League table this season.

Manchester United have been warned they could 'f*** it up all over again' over the future of Ralf Rangnick at Old Trafford. Richard Keys, in his blog, wrote: "Rangnick won’t be managing Manchester United next season.

Sir Alex Ferguson coming a close second.Speaking on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football, after Tottenham's emphatic 5-0 victory over Everton, the ex-England striker, 55, was asked by host David Jones to reflect on who he regarded as the most influential manager in his career."I was very lucky to play under some fantastic managers but top of the pile has to be Terry Venables," replied Sheringham. "I was playing under him at the peak of my career during my time at Spurs and for England, and obviously playing for Sir Alex at Manchester United, he was unbelievable." Earning his first England cap towards the latter stages of his career, Sheringham was picked by Venables as the preferred strike-partner to Alan Shearer.Shining at Euro '96, the then-Tottenham forward scored a brace against the Netherlands in the group stage whilst also netting in the penalty shoot-out loss to Germany in the semi-finals.And Sheringham was full of praise for his former boss when reflecting on how Venables almost ended England's 30-year trophy hoodoo."He had a wonderful way about telling us about what he wanted without confusing issues," added the 55-year-old.HAVE YOUR SAY! Can England win the World Cup this winter? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

Manchester United stars have been told their time at Old Trafford is at an end, ahead of an expected summer exodus.Red Devils regulars Harry Maguire, Paul Pogba and Cristiano Ronaldo should all be shipped on at the end of the season says Daily Mail columnist Chris Sutton.In a scathing assessment of Ralf Rangnick's squad, the former Celtic striker blasted Ronaldo for his "extraordinary ego" whilst suggesting it's time for United to cut their losses with Pogba."Pogba's time in a red shirt is up. There have been too many distractions and I don't think we can say it's been a success," wrote Sutton."He can go from being a world-beater to a passenger way too easily.

Chelsea just before Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. Youngster Tino Anjorin spent the first part of the season on loan at Lokomotiv Moscow before suffering a foot injury in November.Although the 20-year-old midfielder wasn’t recalled straight away after sustaining the injury, he played his last game for the capital club in October.

Mauricio Pochettino is 'no longer favourite' to become Manchester United's next permanent manager.

Roy Keane during the Manchester derby on Sunday evening.Manchester United were embarrassed by their noisy neighbours Manchester City as Keane fumed at his former side's performance - much to the amusement of Richards. And unseen footage of the former City man joining in with the City fans' chant of 'City' emerged online.But Independent journalist Miguel Delany hit out at Richards when he tweeted: "Watching Sky."Whatever you think of Keane's punditry, thought it was a touch disrespectful for Richards to be in hysterics as Keane makes an impassioned point."However, Richards hit back at the Tweet: "Deary deary me! When Souness says to me, 'forget everything you’ve just said'."Or Neville says to me 'stop ranting! You’re not making sense'."I don’t see you saying it’s disrespectful to me so stop this nonsense.

Manchester City.The Red Devils were humiliatingly beaten 4-1 by their local rivals on Sunday evening, with Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne both bagging two each whilst summer signing Jadon Sancho was on target for United. Question marks are, understandably, being raised of interim boss Ralf Rangnick now and stories about unrest amongst the squad behind the scenes is certainly a cause for concern amongst the higher powers at United.

Pep Guardiola has faced Manchester United on two occasions in the Premier League this season and each time, he's provided a tactical masterclass. When the two sides met in November, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was in the charge of the Reds and to ensure his team remained defensively resolute, he opted for a back three system.

Cristiano Ronaldo was a notable omission from Manchester United's squad as the Red Devils were embarrassed by Manchester City on Sunday.The 36-year-old missed the clash due to a hip-flexor injury, and he was nowhere to be seen at the Etihad Stadium.This move reportedly left United players 'surprised' given his aura in the dressing room, and they believed his presence would have helped.Ronaldo, instead, had jetted off back to his native Portugal to recover from his injury.And, according to The Sun, Ronaldo had hoped the warm weather of Portugal would help him recover from his ongoing injury woes.United sorely missed their Portuguese superstar as Pep Guardiola's side ran riot on Sunday afternoon.Jadon Sancho's equaliser only poked the bear as Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez both struck twice to emphatically hammer the Red Devils out of the top four. After the game, Ralf Rangnick said: “I have to believe my medical department.

Kevin De Bruyne is expecting a re-run of the breathless 2019 title race that went right down to the final day of the season. The Manchester City ace scored twice as the Blues blew away Manchester United 4-1 to restore the six-point lead at the top - a lead that will be trimmed to just three, if Liverpool win their game in hand, away at Arsenal, next week.