Manchester-born referee Anthony Taylor will oversee Manchester United's Premier League trip to Liverpool next Monday.
Taylor, who was born six miles away from Old Trafford in Wythenshawe, will take charge at Anfield for the biggest game in the upcoming round of fixtures when the Premier League resumes after the international break.
In 2013, former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers questioned why Lee Mason, who is from Bolton, refereed his side's 2-1 loss to Manchester City.
"I certainly wasn't questioning the integrity of referees," Rodgers said at the time. "It was more than logical [to question] having a referee from that part of the world [get] a game in Manchester.