There have been moments of respect,and even kindness, in a 150-year clash but this is essentially two clubs who detest each other. On Thursday, and at Anfield,they meet in Europe for the first timeThere is an old story about the late Tony Wilson that probably sums up just how far some of the people who are locked into the Manchester-Liverpool enmity (ill will; hatred; hostility) will depart in the name of one‑upmanship and, more than anything, or the importance that is placed on having the final word.
Wilson certainly had a way of revving it up when the man behind Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub – music mogul,broadcaster, impresario and professional Salfordian earned his crust presenting Granada Reports, or staring into the cameras with a level of self-adoration not often witnessed on regional news programmes and clearly fond the fact his opinions went straight into people’s living rooms.
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Source: theguardian.com