However, he would take great satisfaction should they put a dent in the Red Devils' pursuit of the title, which would take them clear of their Merseyside rivals' tally, when Sir Alex Ferguson`s side visit Anfield on Sunday.
"We want to help ourselves first. If we help ourselves and it hinders somebody else then that's not our problem, that's theirs," said the Scot.
"As we always say, you can control an awful lot of your own destiny and not someone else's. If we concentrate on ourselves and prepare as well as we can, then whatever eventualities come from that, fine.
"If we get a result on Sunday it is more helpful to us than it is harmful to them. It never does anyone any harm to win a game. Obviously the three points would be very welcome.
"What they would bring for ourselves and the future, we just don't know."
Source: PA
