This Sunday sees one of the most highly-anticipated matches of the Premier League season as old rivals Liverpool and Manchester United go head-to-head at Anfield.
Paul Ince knows the two teams better than most, after becoming one of a select group of players to have represented both teams in a stellar professional career.
Here, the ex-England midfielder speaks exclusively to Sportsmail to give his dream XI, combining players that he played with at both clubs...
Goalkeeper: Peter Schmeichel
No brainer. The best goalkeeper in the world at that time. He was one of those keepers that could stop goals, but also set up attacks with his long throws. The reason why the back four at United was so great was because they had such a great goalkeeper behind them. If things weren't going well, he'd be on their case.
If there was ever a one-v-one coming down on Peter Schmeichel, you'd always fancy him to save it. When we did a shooting session after training, normally it would be the No 2 or No 3 that goes in goal, but Peter always insisted on going in goal. Some days you just couldn't get the ball past him, he was unbeatable.
Right back: Gary Neville
He was one of those players, because we had such a great side, people didn't realise how great he was. Everyone was always talking about Cantona, Keane, Giggs. He very rarely got beaten. He always prided himself on that.
He knew his job, he was just nine out of 10 most games. He was one of the quiet lads at the time because he was just coming into the side. From a technical point of view, Neville was one of the best.
Centre back: Steve Bruce
I can't believe that he never played for England. I think it's shambolic that he never got the call-up. He was Mr Captain. He wasn't blessed with pace, but he was a great reader of the game, tough as nails... you can see that just looking at his nose.
He was strong, he was fit, he was fearless, never worried about who he was up against, but he could play... he could pass short, long. And he also came up with so many goals for us, from set pieces. The two he got against Sheffield Wednesday come to mind, when we won the title. Everything about his game was great.
Centre back: Gary Pallister
Another one who didn't play enough for England. He was very similar to someone like Van Dijk now, he was the first of that kind of ilk. Loads of pace, wasn't as brave as Steve Bruce admittedly, but the way he used to come out with the ball, elegant, to drive into midfield.
He made tackles when he needed to make tackles, and was another great reader of the game. He definitely should have played more for England than he did.
Left back: Denis Irwin
He could play left back, right back... a great bit of business getting him from Oldham. He had two great feet, and is one of the best two-footed players I've ever played with.
Up and down the line, took penalties, took free-kicks, he could do everything. He wasn't the biggest, but he very rarely got beaten in the air. He was just the perfect full-back... and he probably could have played in the midfield too.
Centre midfield: Bryan Robson
He was always an idol for me, and the one that I always wanted to emulate as a player if I could. He was one of the main reasons why I came to United. Captain fantastic, just the ultimate warrior. At the time, when I got to United, he was coming to the end of his career, but I still saw enough of the games that he played to realise how great he was, for club and country.
He had everything. You look at midfield players now and people say, 'Oh he's a four, he's a six, he's an eight'. Bryan Robson did everything. He could tackle, he was tough, he was strong, the timing of his runs into the box, he was inspirational. It's not just that he was a great player, he inspired people around him. When the going got tough, he was the one who got us out of it.
Centre midfield: Roy Keane
I've got to put Roy Keane in there. Similar to Robbo, he was a leader, tough, could pass, he was up and down, could defend, score goals, tackle, was aggressive.
He was demanding of his team-mates. He was the all-round midfield player and had everything you could want.
Centre midfielder: Steven Gerrard
Stevie G, he was a young kid nipping at my ankles trying to get into the team when I was at Liverpool. It's hard to say, at that stage in my career, would he have been in the United team? But when you look at what he's done in his career, he has to be part of that team. What Bryan Robson was to United, Stevie was to Liverpool.
Another box-to-box midfielder, he had a great physique as a player and was powerful. He had a great strike on him, scored some massively important goals in cup finals. He was Mr Liverpool. For me, another player who inspired those around him. He had a great passing range, left or right. When you look at those three players in the midfield, Stevie was the best passer of them, better than Roy and Bryan.
Left wing: Ryan Giggs
Without a doubt, no question about it. From a young kid growing up in the second team, he was unbelievable then and you could already see that he was going to go on and be a great, great footballer. The thing is with Giggsy, you just knew that whoever played against him at full-back, he could get the better of them. If they marked him tight, he would spring inside, if they dropped off him he'd turn and run at them with step-overs. He was unmarkable at times.
He scored all types of goals, the goal against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final says it all. That's what he was all about, in a nutshell. It's just a shame that he never got to produce that on the world stage. When you talk about wingers, nobody comes better than Ryan Giggs. Steve McManaman was very good, but Giggsy was No 1.
Right wing: David Beckham
I've got to say Becks. For me, he was the best crosser of the ball that I've ever seen in football. In the modern day, the closest is probably Kevin De Bruyne. Some of the stuff that Becks' does, the free-kicks for both club and country. He just practised them every day.
The delivery was always spot on, and some of the goals he scored were unbelievable. He's also a great passer of the ball. His work-rate was phenomenal... I know work-rate is probably a natural requirement in football, but his work-rate, desire and passion to be the best was a cut above. He won so many important games for Manchester United and England.
Striker: Robbie Fowler
When I was at Liverpool, we used to call him 'God'. Some of the things he used to do, some of the goals he scored, we used to say 'only God could score them'. He was so talented, the quickest hat-trick, his left and right foot. He could generate so much power.
Just look at his archive of goals, and you'll see. Volleys, headers, wow. I played with some top strikers, Michael Owen, Mark Hughes, Andy Cole... it was a tough one, but Robbie was just an out-and-out finisher. Coley was more of a fox in the box, like Owen, but Fowler could score them from outside, 20 yards, 30 yards. In the box, headers, volleys, everything.
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