Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish will be ready and waiting for any of Sir Alex Ferguson’s mind games ahead of Manchester United’s trip to Anfield.<\/p>\n
Liverpool are a distant 21 points adrift of United in sixth place, but victory this weekend would put a big dent in their rivals’ hopes of reclaiming the Premier League title, particularly in the wake of their 2-1 defeat by Chelsea in midweek.<\/p>\n
Ferguson has already cancelled his pre-match press conference in the wake of his comments about Stamford Bridge referee Martin Atkinson which earned him an improper conduct charge from the Football Association.<\/p>\n
But should he elect to share his thoughts prior to the fixture, Dalglish will not allow any comments from the rival camp to distract his players.<\/p>\n
“He has used psychology before in the pre-amble to matches, but he will only get sparring practice if he tries to use it on ourselves,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We’ve both been a long time out of short trousers. It will have to be a good one to catch us out.”<\/p>\n
Dalglish, who celebrates his 60th birthday on Friday, and Ferguson have a long history in the game, having faced each other as young players on either side of Glasgow’s great football divide.<\/p>\n
And the Reds boss recalled one of their first encounters when he was playing in defence for Celtic’s reserves with Ferguson in action for Rangers.<\/p>\n
“I think he’d better come out of here,” Dalglish joked, after looking in his pocket. “It was 40 years ago, and I was marking him in a reserve game!<\/p>\n
“I was a big, bruising centre-back and he was up front. I read somewhere that he said he’d scored, but I thought we won 2-0. I’m probably wrong about that one as well. We definitely beat them, though.<\/p>\n
“I was only 18 and in defence because of my height and aggression…! No, it was for educational purposes, that’s all.<\/p>\n
“Fergie had gone for a lot of money to Rangers and they’d lost the Cup final to Celtic the year before. He might have been on the way out at Ibrox at the time.<\/p>\n
“The first team played their game at Ibrox and the reserves were at Celtic Park, and he was up against us. I have to say he never gave me a problem!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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