{"id":1079951,"date":"2019-03-22T18:58:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1079951"},"modified":"2019-03-22T18:58:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:58:53","slug":"liverpool-man-city-man-utd-rooney-ferdinand-neville","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-man-city-man-utd-rooney-ferdinand-neville\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool or Man City? Three Man Utd legends name their preferred Premier League champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United legends Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville have all admitted they would rather Manchester City win the Premier League title than Liverpool. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The trio won a combined 19 English top flight crowns during their respective spells at Old Trafford and have all revealed they couldn’t bear to see Liverpool lift their first title in 29 years.<\/p>\n

Man City the better of two evils: Five key things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Liverpool currently sit atop the Premier League table, two points clear of Man City.<\/li>\n
  2. Pep Guardiola’s side have a game in hand, which comes against rivals Man Utd.<\/li>\n
  3. United legends Rooney, Neville and Ferdinand have all been asked for their title picks recently.<\/li>\n
  4. All three opted for Man City, with Rooney describing a Liverpool title win as a ‘nightmare’.<\/li>\n
  5. Meanwhile Ferdinand reckons City retaining the Premier League is the ‘better of two evils’.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Given his Everton connection, Rooney is especially rooting for the blue half of Manchester, describing a potential title win for Jurgen Klopp’s side as a ‘nightmare’.<\/p>\n

    “It’s a great reason to be out the country when those two are going head-to-head for the title,” Rooney told talkSPORT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    “I hope Man City get over the line before Liverpool. I couldn’t bear to see them win it, it would be a nightmare for any Evertonian.<\/p>\n

    “I remember in 2005 (Liverpool) won the Champions League and they’re still talking about it now so it would be another 10 or 15 years of that.”<\/p>\n

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    “Man City the better of two evils”<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Ferdinand shared Rooney’s sentiments, describing another title win for Man City as ‘the better of two evils’.<\/p>\n

    “This is the worst possible case scenario for someone that likes Man United, supports Man United and has played for Man United, and I’m a pundit that’s got to speak about it publicly and squirm and what not,”\u00a0the former England defender told the\u00a0Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    “So the better of the two evils is Manchester City winning the league as I’ve seen it, I’ve been part of it.”<\/p>\n

    And given that he is part of Man Utd’s famed ‘Class of 92’, as well as his long-standing working relationship with ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, Neville will be feeling the heat of this Merseyside title challenge more than most.<\/p>\n

    During the 2013\/14 season, the last time Man City and Liverpool battled it out at the top of the Premier League, Neville compared the situation to ‘having a choice of two blokes you want to nick your wife’. This is a sentiment he maintains this season.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI said a few years ago when they were both going for the title that it is like having a choice of two blokes you want to nick your wife! It\u2019s not changed, it\u2019s getting worse!” he told Virgin Radio’s Breakfast Show in January.<\/p>\n

    \u201cDo you know something? I have had for the first time in a few weeks that some United fans want Liverpool to win the title because they don\u2019t want to see City win back-to-back titles and start a period of domination.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI can\u2019t bring myself to say Liverpool, I just can\u2019t. It\u2019s going to have to be City.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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