Skip to content

Liverpool vs Manchester: Which City wins? Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher battle it out

Watch Liverpool vs Manchester United on Super Sunday from 4pm on Sky Sports Premier League; Kick-off 4.30pm

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player

Who has the better music, TV, nightlife... and footballers? Liverpool or Manchester? Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher go head-to-head for their city.

Who has the better music, TV, nightlife... and footballers? Liverpool or Manchester? Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher go head-to-head for their city.

Ahead of Liverpool's meeting with Manchester United on Super Sunday, we asked two pundits who know a thing or two about both cities...

Music

Eight Days A week, The Touring Years (studio canal)
Image: The Beatles originate from Liverpool, but Manchester also have a proud musical heritage

Carra: Nothing can beat the Beatles, so next one!

Nev: It's so predictable he would come out with the Beatles! Liverpool has produced some great music, and The Beatles are one of the most famous bands of all time. But as a collective music scene, I'd say Manchester is stronger. Oasis. Stone Roses. The Charlatans.

Carra: No. Oasis wanted to be The Beatles!

TV

Nev: Coronation Street. End of. The longest-running soap, an institution in this country.

Carra: Boys from The Blackstuff. Bread. Hollyoaks. Brookside! But I can let you have Coronation Street...

Also See:

Football managers

Sir Alex Ferguson during his last game as Manchester United manager in May 2013
Image: Sir Alex Ferguson during his last game as Manchester United manager in May 2013

Carra: Oh, it's easy. How many do you need? You've only got two! People talk about Manchester United being this great club, they've had two great managers. Matt Busby and Alex Ferguson. Other than that? Absolutely nothing!

Nev: For what they achieved, being at the club for 25 years each, it has to be those two, surely?

Carra: Why? Did they dominate Europe? Has a Manchester United manager ever dominated Europe? No. Bob Paisley did.

Best night out

Carra: It has to be Liverpool, surely! How boring is Manchester?!

Nev: Manchester's dance scene was world-renowned for about 15 years! I don't think you can compete with that from a Liverpool point of view.

Carra: The Cream! Everybody from all over the country would go to The Cream!

Best footballer

in action during the European Champions League final between Liverpool and AC Milan on May 25, 2005 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.
Image: Steven Gerrard with the European Cup in 2005

Carra: Steven Gerrard!

Nev: Ryan Giggs!

Carra: Giggs won a lot more than Gerrard. Gerrard was a better player than Ryan Giggs.

Football pundits

Carra: Well I've just won pundit of the year. Finished, next question!

Shopping

Nev: Harvey Nicholas, Sefridges, Arndale and Trafford Centre. No debate!

Carra: Go on then, you can have it!

Best European comeback

Solskjaer with the Champions League trophy in 1999
Image: Neville is adamant Man Utd's 1999 Champions League final win over Bayern Munich is greater than Liverpool's 2005 comeback in Istanbul

Nev: It's ours. 1-0 down in injury time?

Carra: Nothing will ever beat Istanbul. It's talked about all over the world. It was voted the best comeback!

Nev: It's talked about... in Liverpool.

Watch Liverpool vs Manchester United on Super Sunday from 4pm on Sky Sports Premier League; Kick-off 4.30pm

New Year, same Super 6!
New Year, same Super 6!

FREE TO PLAY: Do not miss your chance to land the £250,000 jackpot for the sixth time this season.

Around Sky