We were on fire really and the way they played the game, very slow, sat in, it was very clever from Jose.

"The way that they came and played was very clever from Jose", the 26-year-old said.

Rooney has faced heavy criticism lately, yet Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is still wary of the forward cum midfielder, who scored the only goal as United won in the Premier League at Anfield in January.

Graeme Souness has told Sky Sports that Liverpool would lay down a marker by beating Manchester United on Monday.

"It will be a tough game; we will have to play well but so will they".

Liverpool are now fourth in the table after an impressive start while United sit seventh, three points behind Jurgen Klopp's team.

With the Reds entering the match on four straight wins and the Red Devils looking to find their form, each team improved in the second half but could not get the victor.

Raiders offense unable to overcome defensive woes
The team welcomed back Jamaal Charles last week, after he missed most of last season, and the beginning of 2016 with a torn ACL. They have won both home games at Arrowhead, which is known to be one of the biggest home field advantages. "I love them all".

"If somebody confused him, it wasn't me", he said.

Liverpool also go into the game on the back of four successive Premier League wins, compared with United's record of one win in four, and as the second leading scorers in the top flight. "So I think in this moment it's time for him to recover from what was done to him and the best place for him to do that is feeling like he feels at home here". While they possess so many attacking threats in Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Juan Mata, the Portuguese has yet to see the team thrive consistently in the final third. If I lose against Manchester United you will stand here and ask me: 'So.what about your ways.?'

Klopp joked that while he doesn't write down his pre-match team talks, he could use his one from the Europa League game "again".

"I am not sure anybody told me about it after the game, and now almost one year later we talk about it".

Certainly, "Merseyside club" will try to turn the game in their favor, however, given the number of "leaky" Liverpool play in defense, I think that Manchester United the goal of his work.

"He was not booed by Man United fans", Mourinho said.