Co kh? nang Marcus Rashford s? du?c chao don n?ng nhi?t b?ng bi?u ng? ? The Kop khi Manchester United hanh quan d?n Liverpool vao Ch? nh?t.
M?t b? ph?n nh?ng ngu?i ?ng h? gia dinh da th?o lu?n v? vi?c lam th? nao d? ghi nh?n nh?ng n? l?c dang k? c?a t? ch?c trong vi?c gi?i quy?t tinh tr?ng doi ngheo v? luong th?c cho tr? em, va m?t g?i y la m?t man hinh mang thong di?p: “Cai doi khong co mau s?c.
There will be no rancour from the stands at all, of course. It is the first time United have faced their rivals on Merseyside since the Premier League returned behind closed doors.
Perhaps it is little wonder that there is less reason for animosity, though, when no player from either side fit the bill of the derby pantomime villain.
Aside from the much more serious dispute between Patrice Evra and Luis Suarez, there has typically been at least one target for vilification in this fixture.
If Rooney was seen to have betrayed his Liverpudlian roots, then nobody stayed true to them better than Steven Gerrard. The midfielder once claimed that throughout his career, he had never swapped shirts with a United player.
A cruel irony that Gerrard was not part of the Liverpool side who edged closer to the Red Devils with their 19th title, but one which is partly courtesy of his slip in the 2-0 defeat to Chelsea in 2014 – another incident United fans are ever vocal about when they are allowed to attend.
But even winning a cup treble – and a Ballon d’Or – was not enough to fireproof Michael Owen’s Anfield legacy. By the time he moved to Old Trafford in 2009, he had fewer options and injuries meant he was no longer the striker he once was. Those mitigating factors did not spare him the vitriol of the mob when he returned to face his former club.
Ryan Babel’s 2011 tweet showed a mock-up of Howard Webb in a Manchester United shirt
Curiously, Mark Clattenburg this week tried to play down the idea that referees have historically favoured United, saying that phenomenon has “eased” in recent years – not disappeared, not “was never the case”, but eased. And Klopp has already laid the foundations for the officials to take centre-stage with his recent jibes at United’s spot-kick record. It would not be the first time that has been the case.
Ryan Babel holds the unusual distinction of being the first Premier League player to be fined for his Twitter activity after famously posting a picture of Howard Webb in a United shirt with the caption: “And they call him one of the best referees? That’s a joke. SMH [shaking my head].”
Footballers these days have wised up and this more social media savvy, image conscious set of players are no longer there to be despised by their opponents. Even if society has not become so apathetic as to be devoid of hate figures, there are only the Paul Pogbas and Harry Maguires of whom fans vaguely disapprove.
