Manchester United v Liverpool: Robin van Persie not taking Brendan Rodgers's side lightly Liverpool, experiencing another season of transition under new manager Brendan Rodgers are a huge 21 points behind the leaders, yet the Dutch striker believes such statistics will count for nothing come kick off on Sunday. We still have to go through the entire second half of the league and almost play everyone one more time. Nothing is decided, it will be tough, it will be hard. This weekend we have Liverpool and it's a massive game for us. We have to look at the three points and it's a bit like a derby, the teams being so close to each other. There is so much history between them and there have been some great games over the years, going back a long way. They are a great team and, on their day, they can make it a really hard game for us. They have a couple of world-class players and we have to look at them, study them, and then do our own bit.