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Shades Of Red - Can Liverpool and United be successful in the same era?

On New Years Day 2021, Manchester United joined Liverpool at the top of the Premier League, the two footballing giants separated only by goal difference. As English football begins another year, the longest running rivalry in the top division shows no sign of dissipating. I've been winding up my United supporting mates over the last few months that the Red Devils are now at the Roy Evans stage, if you use Liverpools thirty year wait to win the league as a measuring stick. The Reds of Merseyside brought in former captain and very successful Glasgow Rangers manager, Graeme Souness to replace the exhausted Kenny Dalglish. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to replicate what he achieved in Scotland and the downfall of the most successful side in English football began just as Alex Ferguson found his mojo down the East Lancs Road. By the time Sir Alex retired in 2013, he'd fulfilled his prophecy of knocking Liverpool off our perch, winning 13 of the 21 Premier Leagues he competed in