Klopp urges Liverpool to be greedy for points against Manchester United

Jürgen Klopp has said Manchester United’s visit to Anfield must be considered the most important three points of Liverpool’s lives when they attempt to displace Manchester City at the Premier League summit on Tuesday.

Liverpool can follow their FA Cup semi-final victory against City by replacing Pep Guardiola’s team at the top of the table, for 24 hours at least, with a point against Ralf Rangnick’s underachieving side.

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United’s caretaker manager admitted after the win against Norwich on Saturday that his team needed to raise their game to get anything at Anfield. Klopp, however, insists Liverpool’s old rivals remain a dangerous foe and victory is of critical importance to his team’s title chances.

“If we let United do what they want, they will cause us massive problems,” the Liverpool manager said. “We have to be in the right mood to fight for the three points and not want to show we are in a better moment than United. Who is interested about that? There are times when you have better moments than other teams but then you get a knock and that’s it with the better moment. Who cares?

“They want the three points we need. We have to be angry in a good way, greedy, like you are if you have won nothing and would be with nil points and it’s the most important three points in your life. That’s the attitude we need for this game, otherwise the quality is too high. United are too good for not being in that mood.”

Liverpool humiliated United at Old Trafford in October with a 5-0 win that signalled the beginning of the end for Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Rangnick, his temporary replacement, has been unable to spark an improvement, winning 50% of his