Published: 22:37, 17 October 2025 | Updated: 22:37, 17 October 2025

Wes Brown knows a thing or two about the pressure of playing for Manchester United against Liverpool.

Like in January 2005 when he was sent off at Anfield for a second bookable offence after fouling John Arne Riise in the 65th minute and spent the next half an hour nervously hoping United could hang onto the lead after Wayne Rooney had scored an early goal.

‘I was panicking for 20 minutes in the dressing-room,’ recalls Brown.

There’s a happier memory from March 2008 when Brown opened the scoring in a 3-0 win for Sir Alex Ferguson’s side over Liverpool at Old Trafford, converting Rooney’s cross to score his first goal in three years.

‘I actually won the ball in the beginning and, honestly, as soon as I got past the halfway line, I’m looking at the gaffer thinking “is he shouting at me to stay back yet?”.

‘I just continued going and Wayne crossed one in. I just managed to get in front of Jerzy Dudek and get the back of my head...