We got right under their skin when we beat them to the title in 2014. They thought they’d won the league at Easter and we ended up with the trophy, and they’ll never forget it.
Then we went and beat them in the EFL Cup final.
Then we went and beat them to the title last season when they’d thought they’d won it at Christmas!
Both ours and their best atmospheres of the season are against each other these days n’all. At both grounds it’s been electric over the last 6 years. More so than United, Arsenal or Spurs for us, more so than United, Chelsea or Everton for them.
If we’re manufacturing this rivalry, why is it that the biggest games of both of our seasons are against each other?
This season, if we do end up finishing second, City and Liverpool have now finished as the top 2 more times than United and Liverpool have. City and United have also finished as the top 2 more times than United and Liverpool have. They’re the so-called biggest rivalry in English football yet little City have been up there with them separately more times than they have with each other!