Fergie - Reds will perform
United boss sure rivals will not roll over against Chelsea
By Richard Bailey Last updated: 30th April 2010
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Ferguson: Hoping for Liverpool favour
Great clubs don't throw their history and traditions away for one game. They have been in 11 European finals. They have won 18 titles.
Sir Alex Ferguson.
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Sir Alex Ferguson is confident Liverpool will do all they can to take points off Chelsea on Sunday.
Manchester United know that if they are to secure a record fourth consecutive Premier League crown they will need a massive favour from their arch rivals.
Chelsea head into the penultimate weekend of the season one point ahead of the champions with United needing Liverpool to record at least a draw and themselves to beat Sunderland at the Stadium of Light for them to retake top spot.
Ironically, if the Reds do manage to upset Carlo Ancelotti's men and United go on to win the championship they would surpass Liverpool's total of 18 league crowns, something that seemed unfathomable when the Scot arrived at Old Trafford 24 years ago.
While the situation leaves many Liverpool fans with mixed emotions Ferguson is sure that Rafa Benitez's men will not stand aside against Chelsea.
"I am confident they will do their maximum," he said.
"Great clubs don't throw their history and traditions away for one game. They have been in 11 European finals. They have won 18 titles.
Fantastic history
"That is a fantastic history. You don't throw that away. The fans know that too. Do you think the fans want to go home saying their players capitulated and they didn't try and thinking it wouldn't happen again?"
It is not the first time that United have had to rely on their Merseyside foes. United needed to beat West Ham on the final day of the 1994/95 season and hope that Liverpool defeated league leaders Blackburn to ensure they clinched the title.
In the end Liverpool played their part beating Rovers 2-1 while United could only draw 1-1 at Upton Park handing the title to Blackburn and Ferguson is looking for something similar from Liverpool again.
"We were depending on Liverpool producing - and they did," he recalled.
"You have to earn a right to win the title. OK, there were a lot of English players in their team that day and they understood the history of Liverpool FC.
"But I don't think there has been such a swing that the current players do not understand the history of Liverpool."
Benitez must lift his players after an energy sapping extra-time defeat to Atletico Madrid in the semi-final of the Europa League on Thursday and Ferguson can understand why his Spanish counterpart has voiced his frustration at the fixture congestion.
"It is difficult to say how Liverpool's players will feel," he added. "It is Rafa's job to prepare his players.
"The way we lost to Bayern Munich gave me a difficult job to raise players. But you have to do it. That is your job.
Fixture congestion
"It took me a couple of days to get over it. But you can't wallow in pity. I would totally agree that we would have preferred last night's game to finish in 90 minutes and I have always said teams don't get the proper help when they are in Europe.
"Having to play Sunday lunchtime after a Thursday game is not fair but it happens time and again when we see repeatedly teams abroad being allowed to bring games forward to suit their programme. That is a fact.
"They say there is congestion but it is not that big you can't help a team by one day or a few hours.
"We have all had to cope with it over the years. You depend on the great resilience of the English player."
United boss sure rivals will not roll over against Chelsea
By Richard Bailey Last updated: 30th April 2010
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Ferguson: Hoping for Liverpool favour
Great clubs don't throw their history and traditions away for one game. They have been in 11 European finals. They have won 18 titles.
Sir Alex Ferguson.
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Sir Alex Ferguson is confident Liverpool will do all they can to take points off Chelsea on Sunday.
Manchester United know that if they are to secure a record fourth consecutive Premier League crown they will need a massive favour from their arch rivals.
Chelsea head into the penultimate weekend of the season one point ahead of the champions with United needing Liverpool to record at least a draw and themselves to beat Sunderland at the Stadium of Light for them to retake top spot.
Ironically, if the Reds do manage to upset Carlo Ancelotti's men and United go on to win the championship they would surpass Liverpool's total of 18 league crowns, something that seemed unfathomable when the Scot arrived at Old Trafford 24 years ago.
While the situation leaves many Liverpool fans with mixed emotions Ferguson is sure that Rafa Benitez's men will not stand aside against Chelsea.
"I am confident they will do their maximum," he said.
"Great clubs don't throw their history and traditions away for one game. They have been in 11 European finals. They have won 18 titles.
Fantastic history
"That is a fantastic history. You don't throw that away. The fans know that too. Do you think the fans want to go home saying their players capitulated and they didn't try and thinking it wouldn't happen again?"
It is not the first time that United have had to rely on their Merseyside foes. United needed to beat West Ham on the final day of the 1994/95 season and hope that Liverpool defeated league leaders Blackburn to ensure they clinched the title.
In the end Liverpool played their part beating Rovers 2-1 while United could only draw 1-1 at Upton Park handing the title to Blackburn and Ferguson is looking for something similar from Liverpool again.
"We were depending on Liverpool producing - and they did," he recalled.
"You have to earn a right to win the title. OK, there were a lot of English players in their team that day and they understood the history of Liverpool FC.
"But I don't think there has been such a swing that the current players do not understand the history of Liverpool."
Benitez must lift his players after an energy sapping extra-time defeat to Atletico Madrid in the semi-final of the Europa League on Thursday and Ferguson can understand why his Spanish counterpart has voiced his frustration at the fixture congestion.
"It is difficult to say how Liverpool's players will feel," he added. "It is Rafa's job to prepare his players.
"The way we lost to Bayern Munich gave me a difficult job to raise players. But you have to do it. That is your job.
Fixture congestion
"It took me a couple of days to get over it. But you can't wallow in pity. I would totally agree that we would have preferred last night's game to finish in 90 minutes and I have always said teams don't get the proper help when they are in Europe.
"Having to play Sunday lunchtime after a Thursday game is not fair but it happens time and again when we see repeatedly teams abroad being allowed to bring games forward to suit their programme. That is a fact.
"They say there is congestion but it is not that big you can't help a team by one day or a few hours.
"We have all had to cope with it over the years. You depend on the great resilience of the English player."
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