Reds rivalry still fierce — Scholes

PAUL Scholes feels Liverpool still rank among Manchester United’s biggest rivals, even given the Merseyside outfit’s recent struggles.

With the clubs being the two most successful in the history of English football, clashes between them have traditionally been major fixtures in the season calendar.

Liverpool have not featured in the Barclays Premier League title race for the last few years, though, and ahead of Sunday’s meeting at Old Trafford, the gap between them in eighth place and Sir Alex Ferguson's table–toppers is 21 points.

However, Scholes said: “I think it was the top one for quite some while.

“Liverpool probably haven’t done as well as they’d have liked over the last few years — and they’d probably admit that.

“But it’s definitely still right up there, it’ll always be right up there.”

Meanwhile, Scholes has spoken of how glad he is that he decided to come out of retirement, with a year having now passed since his comeback appearance against City.

“I just wanted to come back playing, and I'm glad I did,” the 38–year–old said.