Pep Guardiola says John Stones deserves all the praise he gets after scoring twice in his latest outstanding display for Manchester City.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accepts it will be a tough enough battle just to qualify for the Champions League this season before he can even think about their title defence.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer feels his side missed an opportunity to end Liverpool’s long unbeaten home league record after failing to ‘pounce’ on their injury problems.
Liverpool’s winless league run stretched to four games after an Anfield stalemate but, in contrast, Manchester City were back to their ruthless best.
Bruno Fernandes relishes the responsibility of helping to bring silverware back to Manchester United as the Portuguese playmaker prepares for his first encounter with rivals Liverpool.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp does not consider Manchester United underdogs in this season’s title race and has never seen them in that light.
Frank Lampard has hit out at Premier League inconsistency in fixture scheduling, lamenting ‘nobody came to help us’ when Chelsea played two games in 48 hours at Christmas.
The Premier League is preparing to play out the rest of the season behind closed doors, its chief executive Richard Masters has admitted.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists winning at Anfield would be an ‘upset’ despite Manchester United heading to Liverpool top of the Premier League.
Manchester United go into the weekend top of the Premier League table – the latest in a season they have been able to say that since they last won the title in 2013.