Jamie Carragher has revealed that Manchester United players celebrated Liverpool's 2007 Champions League semi-final win over Chelsea despite the intense rivalry between the two clubs, such was the Blues' ability to get “under people's skin”.
Liverpool and United share one of the most famous and bitter rivalries in global football, but the divisive figure of Jose Mourinho was seemingly enough for Wayne Rooney and his team-mates to delight in the fact that Chelsea had been dumped out.
A penalty shoot-out was required to separate the teams on Merseyside, with Dirk Kuyt burying the decisive spot-kick to send the hosts into what would be a re-run of the 2005 final against AC Milan – although they would not come out on top at the second time of asking.