Manchester United boss Casey Stoney hopes that relegation-threatened Liverpool can stay up this season, insisting that rivalries in the women’s game are much different than the men's game.
The two clubs have long been enemies in the men’s game, due to their geographic ties and because they are the two most successful clubs in English football.
However, the same does not apply to the relationship between Stoney’s side – who are just two years old in their current iteration – and Vicky Jepson’s Reds, who meet on Sunday.
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It’s a subject that came to the fore recently after Arsenal defender Emma Mitchell joined Tottenham Hotspur on loan, to the outrage of many fans of the two clubs and women’s football in general.