Neville: Man Utd vs Liverpool huge for Carrick and Slot

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I don't think either of them can afford an embarrassment on Sunday. I think this is massive for Michael Carrick and big for Arne Slot."I don't think either of them can afford an embarrassment on Sunday.

I think they'll both get into the Champions League."But for both managers, I think it's a serious game, a serious game of basically seeing themselves against a big rival for next season, a big rival in terms of just generally United and Liverpool.Transfer Centre LIVE! | Man Utd news & transfers🔴Man Utd fixtures & scores | FREE Man Utd PL highlights▶️"The Michael Carrick and Arne Slot faceoff is the big thing about Sunday. I think it's a bigger game for both managers than it actually is in terms of what's at stake in terms of the positions in the league."As for the game itself, Neville has predicted a cagey affair at Old Trafford."If [Matheus] Cunha's fit, I think he'll go with Cunha, [Bryan] Mbeumo, Bruno Fernandes and [Benjamin] Sesko," he added Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the Premier League match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace.

Let's go and make Liverpool nervous."And Liverpool likewise will not want to basically be opened up, so it could be more of a game of chess on Sunday."Not quite as much as it was in the second half [against Brentford], but I just think it could be a bit more of a challenging, sort of a struggle of a game, where both managers are going to be quite cautious in the sense of not necessarily the teams that they pick, but the way in which they instruct them to go out there and be sort of defensively compact and solid."Transfer Centre LIVE! | Liverpool news & transfers🔴Liverpool fixtures & scores | FREE Liverpool PL highlights▶️And with both sides now seemingly set for a top-five finish this season, Neville thinks a win for either manager this weekend could prove massive looking ahead to the following campaign."Honestly, I think Liverpool and Manchester United are in there," he said. The Carrick and Slot faceoff is the big thing about Sunday - this one does feel very important for both of the coaches "Look, they won't be thinking that, neither managers nor the players will be thinking that, they think they've got to do the job, but to me now, I just don't see the other teams winning the games that they have to win, and Liverpool dropping all the points that they would need to drop."It's just a case of, is it a message towards next season, is it a message towards where each club is at?