Gary Neville hilariously shovels snow back onto Anfield pitch ahead of Manchester United v Liverpool
Gary Neville isn't the only Manchester United fan hoping today's game with Liverpool would be cancelled.
Gary Neville did his level best to get this afternoon's clash between Liverpool and Manchester United called off by shovelling snow onto the Anfield pitch.
There were fears that today's game would be cancelled due to heavy snow in the north-west of England, but following two safety checks the match will still go ahead.
Plenty of Manchester United fans were probably holding out hope that this afternoon's game would be cancelled following their side's wretched run of form in recent weeks that has seen them lose four games in a row.
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Neville reflected that view as he was filmed picking up snow by the dugout at Anfield and flinging it back onto the pitch.
Carragher was then seen picking up the snow that Neville had thrown and launching it back towards the sidelines, with the Liverpool legend clearly in a confident mood ahead of kick-off.
Neville filmed himself discussing the decision play the game and joked that the turf was "not playable".
"Well here we are, some debate as to whether the game would be on or off but it's on and there's the pitch at Anfield. Bit of snow still left on it, a little bit of light drizzle, call it off, it's not playable."
Liverpool have the chance to go eight points clear at the top of the Premier League and will be heavy favourites to defeat their rivals - having already beaten them 3-0 at Old Trafford in the reverse fixture.
United will be desperate to bounce back from their rotten run after a 2-0 home loss to Newcastle last time out, which Neville called "embarrassing", after watching Christian Eriksen and Casemiro get run ragged by the Magpies' midfield trio of Sandro Tonali, Joelinton and Bruno Guimaraes.
"They just got obliterated in that first half," he told Sky Sports. "It was embarrassing, it really was. It was as bad as it gets. It really, really was. It was a low point. When I saw the team, I just thought there's no chance."
"We got exactly what we deserved and we got off lightly because it could have been three or four. It was grim. It was a poor, poor first half."
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