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Paul Scholes is asked about who was better out of himself and Steven Gerrard, as he admits he 'wouldn't be able to do' what his Liverpool midfield rival did

Paul Scholes can't answer the question over if he was better than Steven Gerrard, admitting that it relies upon the nature of their two teams at the time.

Football fans continue to argue about the merits of Scholes' success at Manchester United with Gerrard's dominant spell in the centre of the park for Liverpool.

And Scholes, who made more than 700 appearances for the Red Devils across twenty years, believes that the set-ups of both sides was critical in differentiating the pair of them.

Scholes was asked on Rio Ferdinand Presents FIVE if he was a better player than the Liverpool legend, and the 48-year-old replied: 'I can’t answer that.