United will thrive in beautiful venue, insists Mourinho

Jose Mourinho expects Manchester United to flourish rather than flounder amid the Anfield animosity this lunchtime.

Former United defender Mikael Silvestre likened the trip to Anfield to “going to hell”, but Mourinho believes United will thrive in such an atmosphere.

“You know, this is quite funny for me because I think when people speak about big atmospheres, it looks like we don’t like it, it looks like it’s a problem for us to go to a certain place and to face a big atmosphere,’’ the United boss said.