Ince and Carragher pick their combined Liverpool/Man Utd eleven

Paul Scholes or Steven Gerrard, only room for one

Jamie Carragher and Paul Ince had to choose between Paul Scholes and Steven Gerrard for their combined Liverpool/Man U team during a Carlsberg Ireland event. Photograph: John Peters/Getty Images
Jamie Carragher and Paul Ince had to choose between Paul Scholes and Steven Gerrard for their combined Liverpool/Man U team during a Carlsberg Ireland event. Photograph: John Peters/Getty Images

Liverpool and Manchester United fans will get the chance to settle some bragging rights this Sunday as the two famous clubs battle it out in pursuit of Champions League football next season. But the debate between these two isn't one which will end there.

Liverpool's teams of the 70's and 80's or Manchester United's treble winning team of 99'? Kenny Dalglish or Dennis Law? Do European Cups or League titles hold more substance? Steven Gerrard or Paul Scholes? The list goes on.

Jamie Carragher was an integral part of Liverpool's fifth Champions League triumph in 2005, he's a Uefa Cup and two-time FA Cup winner who gave 17 years to his local club.

Ince played with and captained United for six years winning two Premier League titles, two FA Cup medals, and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

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Interestingly though he also lined out in the red of Liverpool two years after departing Old Trafford.

When the two met this week, in Dublin, to pick their combined Liverpool and Manchester United team from the players they had lined out alongside, as you can imagine there were some very tight calls.

Carragher takes particular exception to the inclusion of his Sky Sports colleague Gary Neville, and not to ruin it for you but there's no mention of Ince on Carragher's Liverpool eleven. He's not happy about it either.

Eamon Donoghue

Eamon Donoghue

Eamon Donoghue is a former Irish Times journalist