Joe Cole is hoping for a repeat of last season when he faces Manchester United on Sunday - after netting a memorable winner against them for Chelsea last term.
Liverpool's No.10 scored against United last season in Chelsea's win at Old Trafford - the last time they were beaten at home in the league..
Here are all the rest of the facts and figures from club statto Ged Rea.
Head to head: (League only)
At Anfield: Liverpool 37 wins, United 22 wins, 18 draws.
Overall: Liverpool 52 wins, United 60 wins, 43 draws.
Earlier this season Liverpool lost 3-2 at Old Trafford in the Barclays Premier League. Dimitar Berbatov scored a hat-trick for United after Steven Gerrard had scored twice to level the scores.
Last season Liverpool won this fixture 2-0 with David Ngog securing the points for the Reds in injury time after Fernando Torres had opened the scoring.
Liverpool have won the last two league meetings on this ground. The last time they beat United in three successive league games at Anfield was on Boxing Day 1979 when Kenny Dalglish played in the side that won 2-0 with Alan Hansen and David Johnson scoring.
Of the 37 Premier League clashes between the teams there has only ever been one goalless draw. That came at Anfield in September 2005.
In the meeting in September Steven Gerrard became the first Liverpool player to score twice against United in a league game since Michael Owen in November 2001.
The last six league fixtures between Liverpool and United have produced 21 goals.
Pepe Reina could play his 143rd successive league match today - last missing a game against Charlton on the final day of the 2006-07 season. In that time he has kept 65 clean sheets.
Martin Skrel is the only outfield player to feature in every league game for the Reds this season.
Steven Gerrard has scored eight goals this season with only one - at home to Rabotnicki in August - coming before the 64th minute.
This will be Kenny Dalglish's 13th league game against United as Liverpool manager. His record is three wins, three losses and six draws.
Andy Carroll faced United on the opening weekend of this season, with United beating Newcastle 3-0 at Old Trafford.
The Reds have scored in nine of the last 10 games in all competitions.
Only Wolves have prevented Liverpool from scoring at Anfield in the Premier League this season.
Peter Beardsley is the last Liverpool player to score a hat-trick against Sunday's visitors, doing so in September 1990.
Steven Gerrard was sent off for the sixth time in his Liverpool career in the FA Cup meeting at Old Trafford in January.
Liverpool's biggest ever win here was 7-1 in the first game between the two sides in October 1895 when United were known as Newton Heath. United's biggest win here was in December 1969 when they recorded a 4-1 victory.
United accounted for Liverpool in the 3rd Round of this season's FA Cup in what was Kenny Dalglish's first game back in charge of the Reds. Ryan Giggs scored the only goal from the penalty spot after Dimitar Berbatov was adjudged to have been fouled after just 32 seconds.
Alex Ferguson takes charge of Manchester United against Liverpool for the 50thtime in the league and for the 60th occasion in his career - including twice with Aberdeen in the European Cup.
This is United's fourth away game in succession having played at Marseille (drew 0-0), Wigan (won 4-0) and Chelsea (lost 1-2) in the last 12 days.
United were unchanged at Chelsea in midweek for the first time in 165 games.
United have won twice as many of the Premier League encounters as Liverpool having emerged victorious on 20 occasions to Liverpool's 10.
If United win on Sunday they will equal Everton by recording their 23rd league victory at Anfield. No club has won more.
Ryan Giggs has now scored for the 21st campaign in succession. If he plays in this game he will break Bobby Charlton's club record of 606 league games. His substitute appearance at Stamford Bridge last Tuesday was his 863rd for United in all competitions.
United have won at Anfield nine times in the Premier League compared to Liverpool's six.
United have failed to score in only three of the last 14 league visits to Anfield and have found the net in seven of the last nine.
Dimitar Berbatov made his United debut at Anfield in September 2008.
Javier Hernandez has scored in all four of United's away league wins this season - having netted in victories at Stoke, West Brom, Blackpool and Wigan.
Those four wins mean United have won fewer on the road than any of their fellow top five rivals.
Michael Owen scored six goals in 14 games against Manchester United while a Liverpool player.
Edwin van der Sar has kept 11 clean sheets this season in the league, one more than Pepe Reina. Petr Cech and Joe Hart went into the weekend's games with 12 each.
Wayne Rooney has scored five goals in his last five league games and in each of his last three.
Javier Hernandez has scored five goals as a substitute this season.
Dimitar Berbatov is currently on 19 league goals for the season. Only Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Dwight Yorke have scored 20 for the club in a Premiership campaign.
They have lost twice in the league this season - at Chelsea and Wolves (in the last four weeks) - both by 2-1, and each time they took the lead.
United have scored in 15 of the last 16 league games and entered the weekend as the top-flight's leading scorers with 62 goals.
Scorers this season (league in brackets):
Liverpool: Torres 9 (9), Gerrard 8 (4), Ngog 8 (2), Kuyt 6 (4), Meireles 5 (5), Maxi 3 (3), Babel 2 (1), Cole 2 (1), Johnson 2 (2), Jovanovic 2 (0), Kyrgiakos 2 (2), Lucas 1 (0), Skrtel 1 (1), Suarez 1 (1), own goals 2 (1).
United: Berbatov 20 (19), Hernandez 13 (9), Nani 10 (9), Rooney 8 (7), Park 6 (4), Owen 4 (1), Vidic 4 (4), Fletcher 3 (2), Giggs 3 (2), Bebe 2 (0), Anderson 1 (0), Brown 1 (0), F. Da Silva 1 (1), Evra 1 (1), Gibson 1 (0), Macheda 1 (1), Obertan 1 (0), Scholes 1 (1), Smalling 1 (0), Valencia 1 (0), own goals 1 (1).
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