Liverpool nut David Price is hoping they will leave Man United on their knees in Saturday's big one.
Price looking for footballing and fighting success in Liverpool
David Price is gearing up for the biggest fight of his fledgling career - but has another heavyweight clash to contend with first.
The 2008 Olympic bronze medallist takes on John McDermott in a British title eliminator on November 19th, but will have a ringside side at Anfield on Saturday when Liverpool and Manchester United slug it out in the Premier League.
Price is a lifelong Reds fan and will put his preparation to one side for 90 minutes to be there for the lunchtime kick-off. And having missed many a big Anfield occasion due to his boxing commitments, the 28-year-old is looking forward to this as much as his own battle royale in five weeks' time.
"I'll be going," he said. "I usually have Saturday and Sunday off but as I've got the fight coming up, I'll probably just do something on Sunday.
"When games like this come along, I'll try and get to them. I'm not the type of supporter that just goes to big games, but I think I've done enough League Cup games on a freezing cold Tuesday against Grimsby, to have earned this one.
"I was trying to think of my first game and I think it was against Brighton in the FA Cup back in 1991. I've been to some great matches since; Auxerre in what was the UEFA Cup when we were 2-0 down on aggregate and came back to win 3-0 at Anfield, the United game when we were 3-0 down in the first half and came back to draw 3-3.
"I used to go every home game but as I got older and started to concentrate on the boxing, I just didn't get the chance to see them as much."
At 6ft 8in, Price should not be hard to spot, even in a capacity crowd on Saturday.
But the heavyweight hope is not one for the limelight and unlike some boxers, does not have a close affiliation with the Liverpool players.
He is content just to cheer them on and take a back seat - although his giant frame does make sitting down for football matches a tall order.
Special
"Usually I have trouble with the seats at Anfield," he said. "But if I sit in an upper section of the stands, the steps are steeper and the seat in front of you is lower so it's not too bad.
"It's been a problem for me since I was 16 to be honest it's just that I was more willing to put up with it then. I'm not any more.
"I've been out on the pitch a couple of times but I'm not the type of person to become friends with all the footballers. I've met a few of them before and will say hello if I see them, and I'll have a good chat with Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher if I bump into them, but that's about it.
"This is the big one. I don't think it's bigger than Everton locally, but we beat them of course and really should kick on.
"As far as our season's concerned this is the big one though; it's United and to beat them is always special but this would give us that something extra going forward.
"We had those couple of bad results against Stoke and Spurs and United and Man City have cracked on a little bit so we don't want to be left behind.
"If we want to have any realistic chance of winning the title, we need to beat them. We don't want to be falling too far behind."
Being left in the wake of those around him is something that drives Price on.
He is just one familiar face in a burgeoning Liverpool scene that has captured the city's imagination and brought boxing right back onto the sporting agenda.
Aspiring
This weekend his close friend Tony Bellew - an Evertonian - takes on Nathan Cleverly for the WBO light-heavyweight title at the Echo Arena, while fellow Olympic medalist James DeGale also fights for the European Super-Middleweight title on a bumper bill.
Throw in Stephen Smith, his brothers Callum and Paul, Derry Mathews and Joe Selkirk, and Merseyside is awash with fighting talent and pride right now. And in a city that lives and breathes its sport, the boxing fraternity is just the same.
"We're all pretty close-nit," said Price. "We came through the amateurs together at the same time and spent a lot of time away from home with each other and it's times like that when you get to know people and you realise you like them.
"We all get on pretty well. I speak to Bellew pretty much all the time but try to keep in touch with the others too.
"But even if we don't see each other for months, as soon as we catch up it's like we were together they day before.
"It does spur you on. We're all aspiring to be champions, which is something I've not been yet, and when I see them all doing well and we see each other doing well, it does motivate you. I am sure they'd say the same.
"There's a real buzz about the place right now. The best thing about boxing in Liverpool is the crowd are pretty knowledgeable and passionate about the sport and that is so good to have.
"I want to be a heavyweight champion and that will always be the flagship division, the one with all the glamour, and Liverpool boxing fans see it like that, too."
Bellew is first up in a big month for the city and Price will no doubt be watching on, once he has returned from Anfield, with a win to celebrate.
But he has resisted the temptation to rub in Liverpool's recent win over Everton, in which Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll wrote their names into folklore with the goals.
For the record Price expects the Uruguayan to double that tally against United, but says he did not wind up fierce Blue Bellew after the derby success.
"What I don't do is give stick out about football, so I haven't said anything to Tony because you just end up falling out over it - especially in Liverpool!" he said.
"I try and leave it, so we don't really have any banter about it. It was different at school of course, all hell would break out when the derby came around. Of course if any Evertonians bring anything to me I'll give it back, but I don't go starting anything."
If Liverpool beat Manchester United as he predicts, and he beats McDermott next month, Price might find it harder to maintain that dignified silence.
