Edwin van der Sar is urging United to take advantage of
Liverpool's stuttering start to the season and gain victory over
their arch rivals on Sunday.
Rafael Benitez's men are currently residing in 11th place having
already lost three of their eight games so far this term, all on
the road.
They are without a Premiership win in a month and the United
goalkeeper is hoping the Reds can prolong that run.
"Liverpool are a quality side but its not going for them at the
moment and hopefully we can take advantage of that," van der Sar
told the Liverpool edition of United Review. "Victory is what the
supporters want and thats what all the players want too.
"Every player is one hundred and fifty per cent motivated to win
this match and were all raring to go."
The last time the two sides met was in the FA Cup 5th round at
Anfield back in February. That day Liverpool were victorious thanks
to a Peter Crouch header. Van der Sar is well aware of the threat
posed by the Liverpool striker and has been working on some special
training drills in a bid to combat the threat.
"Ive been doing some work over the last couple of days in
training," he revealed. "I always try and do that before every
match. Crouch is always a handful and is particularly dangerous in
the air. So wherever possible Ill be trying to help my
defence.
"They've got some very good players," added the soon-to-be
36-year-old. "We'll need to keep an eye on all of them. Craig
Bellamy is very quick, of course Steven Gerrard is a quality
footballer and they also have my fellow countryman Dirk Kuyt in
attack.
"We're determined to get the win. We're now in a position where we
want to be and its important that we do everything we can to stay
at the top of the table."