A huge pressure tie in the cup.
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00:00 Liverpool face Manchester United at Old Trafford.
00:22 There's different pressure for different reasons. Obviously Liverpool are going for this quadruple. It's not quite a quadruple because it's not the Champions League, but they're going for four trophies at the minute.
00:35 When you're so close to Wembley now, fans are probably looking and thinking, "You really want to get there now?"
00:41 Maybe if Liverpool had gone out against Southampton in the last round, it's just one of those. We're playing the kids and we're giving it a good go.
00:50 Given the injury situation, we understand. With Liverpool going into it now and going for them, obviously after that performance against Manchester City, really the excellent two-a-man, you think, "Why can't we go all the way?"
01:02 The game against Sparta Prague is effectively a dead draw, but let's be honest, they've got a 5-1 advantage.
01:08 They've got to go into that game and then they've got the international break. Obviously after that, some players can get a rest. Of course, some will be going off.
01:15 But you look at it and think, "We can do this," and then you're in the semi-final at Wembley and who knows who you'll be in the semi-final after that.
01:24 For Man Utd, I'd say it's different because there's pressure on to Erik Ten Haag. Let's be honest, he was at Old Trafford last week for Everton's 2-0 defeat.
01:32 Man Utd were really average. Everton had plenty of chances in that game to come and put the ball in the back of the net.
01:40 Obviously, Erik Ten Haag is under pressure as the manager. It looks like they're going to miss out on Champions League football.
01:49 With Jim Radcliffe coming in, buying a percentage of the club and effectively taking over football operations, he's made it quite clear that he wants the best in class in all departments.
02:01 Obviously, when he got Manchester City's CEO, he went and poached Dan Ashworth from Newcastle to be their director of football.
02:09 He'll want a top manager as well. If he doesn't think that Erik Ten Haag is cutting the mustard, I don't think he'll hesitate to get rid of him.
02:17 So, as I say, different reasons. It could be a cracking game. I think there's 9,000 Liverpool fans who will be making the trip to Old Trafford.
02:25 So, it'll be a really crackling atmosphere there. Liverpool, you have to say, they go into it as favourites, don't they?
02:32 They're in good form and there's nothing really to fear about Man Utd.