It was a difficult weekend for Manchester United fans watching Liverpool win the Premier League.
Liverpool claimed their 20th English title after beating Tottenham Hotspur with four games to spare, sparking celebrations inside and outside Anfield on Sunday.
For Manchester United, the past 12 years has been a struggle, but it’s been made worse by the fact that our rivals have taken advantage of our downfall.
There have been four different Premier League champions in the past 10 years: Liverpool (2), Manchester City (6), Chelsea (2), Leicester City (1). United were crowned champions five times in the 10 years before that, with the latest league triumph achieved under Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013.
Ruben Amorim is trying to restore United to its former glories, but the team is currently sitting in the bottom half of the table with 39 points from 34 matches.
United’s head coach previously stressed that winning the Premier League is among his main objectives at Old Trafford.
Gary Neville asks Ai to clarify Man Utd as England’s biggest club
Liverpool’s title success meant they are level with Manchester United when it comes to league titles (20), although the Merseyside outfit have won the Premier League on just two occasions.
Former United captain Gary Neville was unfortunate enough to witness Liverpool’s triumph at Anfield on Sunday.
Speaking on the It’s Called Soccer podcast this week, Neville insisted that United remain the biggest club in the country. He settled the debate by asking Ai service ChatGPT for an unbiased assessment.
“Let’s put it into ChatGPT. Who is the biggest football club in England?” said Neville, as his phone emerged.
“It’s doing what it does, it’s loading… ‘The title of the biggest club depends on how you define the biggest. Here are the main contenders based on different criteria. Historical success, global fanbase, recent success, revenue and global and commercial power.
“Historically Liverpool and Manchester United are neck and neck. Manchester City are currently the biggest on the pitch. Commercially and globally, Manchester United’.
“Who is the biggest, though, you muppet? Oh, there we go, I’ve pushed it, if we have to name one club, Manchester United. There you go. United are the biggest club, always will be I think, but Liverpool are the most successful club and that hurts.”
This is a proud moment for Ai as it shows its capability of debunking myths surrounding Liverpool, although most United fans knew the answer already…
Neville ‘snapped’ at Liverpool
Neville was on commentary duty as Liverpool moved level with United on 20 league titles.
The former United and England right-back usually finishes his weekend duties by recording a podcast with Peter Drury for Sky Sports, but he skipped it on this occasion as he attempted to get out of Anfield.
Neville encountered abuse as he left the stadium with some of it going over the top.
“At the end of the game I normally do a podcast but I made the decision part way through the game [not to],” Neville added. “It was getting a bit fruity up where we do it on the gantry, as the final whistle went, Peter normally does his thing and throws to me, but we agreed I wouldn’t speak.
“So I put my backpack on, we went, we ran for it and we got right out onto the concourse and beat everyone, however, what I didn’t then imagine was the carnage of people outside.”
Liverpool fans proceeded to hurl abuse at Neville as he left Anfield.
He explained: “I got absolutely abused, I snapped at a couple of people as well to be fair.
“A lot of them were in good spirits, as you can imagine, and abused me. A guy on the M60 on the way home…
“I’ve never been aggressive in my life, but honestly if I could’ve pulled over… It wasn’t a great half an hour after the game, it was a bit old school.”
Neville kept his control and owed that to Sir Alex Ferguson because the legendary United manager was always gracious when he’d lost the league.
“I always remember Sir Alex [Ferguson] when we lost the league to Chelsea or Arsenal he was always very gracious and we’d have to be as well.
“We didn’t enjoy it but we had to be gracious and respect the fact that professionally it’s a great achievement to win the league.
“You can’t talk about how difficult it is to win the league, how you should measure your success by that, and then at the point when your biggest rivals win it you go missing.
“I always knew I was going to have to be there on Sunday and now I’ve done it, it’s over.”
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