Source: Telegraph
Liverpool v Manchester United: Nemanja Vidic wants to put past mistakes behind him
Vidic suffered a torrid afternoon in last season’s reverse fixture, culpable for two of Liverpool’s goals and being dismissed, just as he had at Anfield.
One of the finest defenders in the Premier League, Vidic was voted United’s player of the season in the last campaign.
And the Serbian claims a possible meeting with his nemesis from last season holds no fear for him, even if he has added incentive to put in a performance in one of the season’s most eagerly anticipated fixtures.
“It was unusual to lose 4-1 at home,” said Vidic. “I made some mistakes personally and so did the team. But it’s in the past.
“Of course it bothered me. When you make mistakes, especially in such a high-profile game, you always go through a hard time. But I got through it.
“Players who play football make mistakes. Only players who don’t play never make mistakes. So it happens and it happened to me.
“I’ve been here three-and-a-half years. If I need one game to prove whether or not I’m a good player, then I clearly haven’t achieved much in England.
“As well as that bad game, I can also remember having played some good games for United.
“It was just a bad day, that’s all. You must remember, I played two games against Torres before that and he didn’t score.”
The Liverpool team United face on Sunday are a different one to that which emphatically got the better of United in their two meetings last season.
A run of four straight victories has imbued the club with a sense of crisis but Vidic insists United still consider Liverpool as title rivals. For now at least.
“You have to look at the bigger picture,” said Vidic. “It’s not just one or two games we have left this season. We have 29 games still left to play.
“I think this season clubs are going to drop a lot of points. Look at what’s happening at the moment. We’ve dropped points, so have Chelsea and Arsenal, Liverpool even more.
“Manchester City have good quality this season, Arsenal are playing well, so I think we have five or six teams who can beat each other.”
