Alex Ferguson issued a letter to Manchester United fans urging them to behave at Anfield today.
He has led the calls for “peace” and “respect” in the wake of the Hillsborough report being made public.
He has probably told Patrice Evra to shake Luis Suarez’s hand today, as Anfield pays its respects to the 96 victims of the Hillsborough tragedy this afternoon.
Then, in classic Fergie style, he dropped back-heel to set the mind-games going when United play Liverpool today.
The United manager thinks Liverpool could face a long wait to get back into the Top Four of the Premier League.
“Liverpool has a new regime and it may take time to develop that. But they’ll all be desperate to get in there.
“It’s not easy starting at any club. You have to have your own philosophy. Sometimes you want to transfer players.
“It’s all different circumstances. To go into a big club at a young age is difficult. It’s a hard job,” Ferguson was quoted as saying in The Sun .
Fergie believes Tottenham and Everton could mount a top four challenge.
“You expect Arsenal and Chelsea to be better than last year.
“Arsenal’s start has been very good. Ourselves and City are where we were last year. Those four will be the top four.
“I think Everton could, Tottenham could and will want to. But it’s hard.
He added: “The home team has to make the running and the fans will be helping them.
“But we want to keep up at the top of the league and we are going into a difficult period now — Tottenham, Chelsea and Arsenal in the next few weeks. It would be nice to keep up there.
“We know what it takes to win at Anfield. We’ve had fantastic performances there. I’ve got the team I want playing, so that’s good.”