Yes, it is directed to Liverpool fans. After beating Portsmouth on Saturday evening, many Liverpool fans believed that it was the eventual return to the top of the league that they had been talking about. The victory at Fratton Park, courtesy of two late goals from Fernando Torres, meant Liverpool leapfrogged Manchester United and lead the Champions by a solitary point.
Imagine those poor Liverpool fans' agony when Manchester United won their game at Upton Park with a win over West Ham 24 hours later. The Hammers were beaten with a goal from Ryan Giggs. Giggs holds the record for being the only player to have played in every Premiership season (all 19 of them) and the only player to have scored in every single of them. He is also part of the rare breed of single-club players; he only plays for Manchester United in his glittering career and is expected to retire at Old Trafford. Being 35, Giggs gets to play less nowadays, but his enthusiasm and the desire to play with possibly the best football team at the highest level surely set the examples to the younger players whichever club they might play for. The match also saw Edwin van der Sar extended his clean sheets to 13 matches, which is already an English league record.
With the win at Upton Park, Manchester United returns to the top of the league, played one game less and having two points more than Liverpool.
Manchester United's next game will be against Derby County in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup on Saturday 15 February. Their next Premier League will be on 18 February against Fulham at Old Trafford, the one game in hand that Manchester United still has to play.
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