Virgil van Dijk: "Manchester United Need To Do Themselves A Favour"

Manchester United 'need to do themselves a favour'. Well, that's according to Virgil van Dijk who has sent United a message ahead of their meeting against cross-town rivals Manchester City.

Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League after beating Cardiff City 2-0 on Sunday.

However, City have the chance to regain top spot when they meet United at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

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Liverpool will be hoping for a favour from United though Van Dijk has insisted they owe it to themselves to put in a big showing following their humiliating defeat at Goodison Park.

"They need to do themselves a favour," Liverpool's No.4 said. "Everton is not easy to beat at home, but 4-0 is a big result.

"We have no influence on that, but they are still playing for Champions League football and they need to get a result."

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp echoed the same sentiment about United's game versus City.

"It [the derby] is not something we can influence, and it does not look like United are in a place to, either," he said following his side's victory at Cardiff.

"It [the derby] is a normal game, a game they [City] have to play.

"We had to play that game as well and Man United was in that moment obviously in a much better moment when we played them, so it was a 0-0. So, on a good day maybe, it [the derby] is a draw.

"We'll see what comes out on Wednesday, we have no influence on that, but we still have to play games after that.

"So, if United get a point or whatever and we win [against] Huddersfield Town, go to Newcastle United after Barcelona and think we have it halfway or whatever, then we will get a knock there.

"It's all difficult, we just have to stay focused on our things - that's what worked really well so far and I don't see any reason why we should change."

City face United on Wednesday with Liverpool resuming their league campaign against Huddersfield on Friday.

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Topics: Manchester City, Liverpool, Football News, Football, Manchester United, Ole Gunnar, Premier League, Everton, Virgil Van Dijk, Jurgen Klopp

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