Liverpool fan Danny Murphy can’t hide delight at ‘inept’ Manchester United decline after years of suffering

Manchester United's recent meltdown has left Liverpool fan Danny Murphy gleeful after he had to deal with their past dominance.

The former midfielder played for Liverpool from 1997 to 2004 when their rivals United were the undisputed giants of English football.

Across those seven years, the Red Devils won four Premier League titles and two FA Cups, as well as the Champions League.

United's 1998/99 season also saw them win their iconic treble, with Sir Alex Ferguson's side by far and away the best side in the country.

Murphy, who scored a famous free-kick at Old Trafford in a 1-0 victory in 2000, still won two domestic and two European trophies at Liverpool.

His beloved Reds are now a far greater side though having won every major trophy on offer since United last lifted the title, and the talkSPORT pundit is not shy to revel in their dismal form of late.

When asked on White and Jordan on Wednesday if it gives him any pleasure to talk about how poor Erik ten Hag's side are, he simply said: «Yeah, it does.

»It does because when I was playing as a young player, growing up trying to compete with the best team on the planet, the best team was Man United. This dominance they had, if that carried on we'd all be in a bad place.

«I like to see a competitive Premier League and Manchester United being competitive adds to that but if anyone was to fail, yeah, I have to admit, I like it being them.»

Earlier on in the show and before they crashed out of the Carabao Cup with 3-0 defeat at home to Newcastle, Murphy assessed why United have been so poor of late.

«They are tactically inept, they are physically poorer than most teams they play against and I can't see what Man United are trying to do, I'm really looking, I'm really trying,» Murphy