Gary Neville: “l used to love playing at Anfield, 90 minutes worth of insults about my appearance, mainly from blokes who looked like extras off Planet of the Apes.”
“I remember one game, a little chubby lad shouted ‘Oi Gary, my Dad says you’re a winker!’ I turned round and said ‘Yeah? I’ve got 8 Premier League medals, what have you got besides diabetes? You fat little tw*t!’
“He was in floods of tears, that’s what the rivalry is all about. Good natured ribbing.”