The bragging rights for this derby are at stake in countries all over the world. Take Norway, for example.
English football has been a hot topic of discussion in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s home country for a long time. Particularly since their games were first broadcast on Norwegian TV in 1969, clubs including United and Liverpool - but especially those two - have been the talk of Scandinavian schoolyards, workplaces and leisure centres.
At the end of the 2018/19 season, data from the Norwegian Supporters Union for English Football showed that the official fan groups for United and Liverpool in Norway both had more than 40,000 members, well ahead of the next team on the best-supported list - Arsenal with just over 7,000.