Man United hero Ryan Giggs admits to supporting Liverpool

RYAN GIGGS has admitted he supported Liverpool in their Europa League defeat to Sevilla last season.
By Luke Gardener                                 

Man United hero Ryan Giggs has admitted to supporting Liverpool in the Europa League final

The Manchester United legend was willing the Reds to lift the trophy to give them a busier schedule for the current season.
He told the Daily Telegraph: "This might sound strange but watching the Europa League final in May, I found myself wanting Jurgen Klopp’s team to win – although not because I enjoy watching Liverpool parade a trophy.
"Quite the opposite: I was thinking months ahead to the implications European football, or the absence of it, would have on their league form this season.
"I am a Manchester United fan, and I was so long before I played for the club. I grew up in Salford when, 33 miles down the road, Liverpool had the best team in England, and often Europe.

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"I know what it is like to live as a United fan with that great shadow cast from the west and in the years that have followed, as United became ever more successful, there was still no better feeling than coming away from Anfield with a result."
Giggs fears Liverpool could be title contenders under Jurgen Klopp this season due to their lack of European football.
He added: "During that final against Sevilla, it occurred to me that if Liverpool had this season without the draining effect of European football, and had recruited well in the summer, then they would have a real chance of challenging for the Premier League.
"With a year at the club, Klopp would be better suited to the demands of the English game, his players would be well adapted to his way of playing and they would have no mid-week distraction from the task at the weekend."

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Liverpool are currently in third place in the Premier League behind Manchester City and Arsenal only on goal difference.
Giggs explained: "I think they are already seeing the benefits as they prepare to face Crystal Palace, where their title bid in the 2013-2014 season started to come undone, equal on points with the leaders Manchester City and Arsenal in second place.
"This is the 27th season since Liverpool’s last league title, one more than the 26 years United went between 1967 and 1993 and the longer it goes on, the more the pressure builds."
Liverpool travel to Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace tomorrow at 5.30pm.