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Modern Manchester United And Liverpool Legends Ranked From 'World Class' To 'Overrated'

Modern Manchester United And Liverpool Legends Ranked From 'World Class' To 'Overrated'

From Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher to Michael Carrick and Rio Ferdinand, SPORTbible has ranked Manchester United and Liverpool legends.

Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz

Ex-Liverpool striker Fernando Torres and former Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo have been ranked as world-class players.

Ahead of Liverpool and United's Sunday showdown at Old Trafford, SPORTbible used TierMaker to rank a handful of legends from 'World Class' to 'Terrible.'

Torres featured in the world-class bracket alongside former teammate Xabi Alonso.

Joining Juventus superstar Ronaldo in the same tier to represent the Red Devils were none other than Wayne Rooney and Roy Keane.

Liverpool legends Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen and Dirk Kuyt all locked down their places in the 'Excellent' tier alongside United heroes Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra and Paul Scholes.

Controversial as it might seem, Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic and Ryan Giggs fell into the 'Okay' tier for United.

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And on the Liverpool spectrum, Jamie Carragher, Steve McManaman and Steve McMahon also appeared in the same tier.

United legend David Beckham landed in the 'Average' tier with Liverpool legends Sami Hyypia and John Barnes.

Unfortunately for Steven Gerrard and Michael Carrick, both players were deemed 'Overrated.'

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World Class: Fernando Torres, Xabi Alonso, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Roy Keane

Excellent: Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Paul Scholes, Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen and Dirk Kuyt

Okay: Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic, Ryan Giggs, Jamie Carragher, Steve McManaman and Steve McMahon

Average: Sami Hyypia, John Barnes and David Beckham

Overrated: Steven Gerrard and Michael Carrick

SPORTbible also used TierMaker to rank current Liverpool and United players from 'World Class' to 'Terrible.'

And Roberto Firmino and Anthony Martial had the unfortunate pleasure of being labelled as overrated.

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Jurgen Klopp's men have had a scintillating start to the Premier League season and have won all eight of their league matches.

The Reds hold an eight-point lead over defending champions Manchester City at the top of the table.

Meanwhile, United have stagnated since their 4-0 victory over Chelsea on the opening weekend of the season and are two points above the relegation zone.

United and Liverpool will kick-off at 4:30pm UK time on Sunday.

Featured Image Credit: TierMaker/SPORTbible

Topics: Liverpool, Paul Scholes, John Barnes, Football News, Football, Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic, David Beckham, Dirk Kuyt, Patrice Evra, Xabi Alonso, Rio Ferdinand, Fernando Torres, Michael Owen, Michael Carrick, Steven Gerrard, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roy Keane