Marcus Rashford has knocked back a big notch the rivalry between Manchester United and neighbors Manchester City and revealed he has a much bigger dislike for Liverpool than the blue side of Manchester.
Appearing on an episode of UNINTERRUPTED alongside Academy Award winner Daniel Kaluuya and NBA legend LeBron James, the 24-year-old spoke his mind about United’s two biggest rivals.
Despite admitting he was not a fan of City, the England star claimed there’s no real reason to dislike Pep Guardiola’s side, stating instead that his dislike is directed more at United’s traditional rivals Liverpool and puts the enmity down to the bitter history that exists between the two clubs.
‘Yeah, Liverpool. I don’t like Liverpool. City. Liverpool have history, so it’s a bit more bitter,’ Rashford said during the show.
‘But with City, it’s like you don’t like them, but you don’t have a massive reason not to like them.
‘You just grow up, and it’s two Manchester sides. One wears light blue; one wears red.’
Rashford singled out Anfield when asked about which grounds he dislikes visiting the most in the Premier League.
The forward has scored four goals against the Reds in his career, but is yet to find the net at the home of Jurgen Klopp’s men.
‘Liverpool is like both,’ said Rashford. ‘Their fans can take the game away from you. If you let them, they can take it away from you.
‘My first game at Anfield, I almost got sent off straight away and I’m not a malicious player – I wouldn’t try and hurt someone on purpose.’
Manchester United were up against Liverpool earlier this week during their pre-season tour in Thailand, with Erik Ten Hag’s side beating the Premier League runners-up 4-0.
Understandably the bosses of both sides knew better than to take the result of the friendly match too seriously as it was clearly a far cry from United’s recent form against their arch-rivals last season when the latter suffered humiliation at Old Trafford as Liverpool ran riot with a 5-0 win – which included a hat-trick for Mohammed Salah.
The Red Devils then suffered a double whammy as they didn’t fair much better in the return fixture either and were soundly beaten 4-0 at Anfield.