Kuyt ready for United test

By Mark Buckingham

Dirk Kuyt feels Liverpool have the confidence to beat Premiership leaders Manchester United.

The Reds have not beaten their arch-rivals in the league in almost three years and lost 2-0 at Old Trafford back in October.

That display was among Liverpool's worst of the season and Kuyt is aware of the need to show a big improvement in Saturday's return at Anfield.

But, buoyed by last week's UEFA Champions League win over Barcelona, the Dutch striker is relishing the chance to put the record straight.

"I think we owe a performance after Old Trafford," Kuyt told the Liverpool Echo.

"That was a disappointing time and we definitely want a better result at Anfield this time.

"It would be a great result for us if we could do it. We just need to go and approach the game as we've done in the last week.

"If you can beat a side like Barcelona with players of the quality of Messi and Ronaldinho, you know you can beat a lot of teams.

"We've come back from Barcelona and done a good job at the weekend with a win and a clean sheet, and now we want to beat United.

"We've beaten Chelsea at home and Barcelona away, so now we can have confidence to progress by beating Manchester United.

"It's one of the most important games you can play in the season, so no one can be thinking about Barcelona until after this game.

"There would be nothing better than beating United."

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