Man Utd can keep pressure on City with win against Liverpool

“I felt devastated to be out of the Champions League, especially as I thought we were good enough to go through,” Henderson said.

“There was disappointment and there was exhaustion because we had put so much into the game. We couldn’t have done any more by the end. We were delighted to be back in the Champions League after last season and looking forward to improving as a team and as individuals,” he continued.

“To go out at such an early stage is hard to take but we have to learn from our mistakes and hopefully we will be back in the Champions League at the end of this season.”

Despite this, the 24-year-old vice-captain, 11/2 to score anytime, is confident that the team can get a result at Old Trafford.

“United are not a better team than us. I see the quality and character that we’ve got at this club every day in training” Henderson continued. “We’ve showed it in glimpses and we can definitely go to United and get a good result.

“But it’s all well and good me sitting here and saying that, we have to do the business. I’m not saying United aren’t a good team because they are and they’ve got fantastic players, but so have we.”

It is hard to imagine where Liverpool’s goals will come from beyond Gerrard, with Daniel Sturridge still injured. Mario Balotelli is available following a six match absence, however, and could feature.

The Italian knows what it is like to go to Old Trafford and take all three points, having bagged a brace in Manchester City’s 6-1 demolition of the Red Devils in October 2011. Balotelli is 11/4 to make the net bulge anytime.

Louis van Gaal will know that a win will keep up the pressure on reigning champions Man City, and could even close the gap to two points if the unthinkable happens and Manuel Pellegrini’s side lose away to Leicester, as United did earlier in the season.