Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is hoping Manchester United will slip up again in the battle for the Premier League title.
The Reds returned to the top of the table, temporarily at least, with a 4-0 thrashing of sorry Blackburn at Anfield in Saturday's early kick-off.
Sir Alex Ferguson's United side bounced back from successive defeats to Benitez's men and Fulham with a nail-biting success over Aston Villa last time out.
But the Spaniard is hoping for more errors from the champions in what promises to be a tense end-of-season run-in.
He told Sky Sports: "Hopefully Manchester United will make a mistake. You never know. The pressure is all on them."
Fernando Torres scored twice before the break against Rovers before late goals from Daniel Agger and David N'Gog completed a humiliating afternoon for Sam Allardyce's visitors.
Benitez was able to leave skipper Steven Gerrard on the bench throughout as the England international nurses a groin injury which could curtail his involvement over the closing stages of the season.
The Spaniard added: "We needed to play well and score goals and we didn't concede against a team good in the air so it's a very, very positive result.
"I'm pleased we scored four goals and we were able to rest Gerrard and change some players towards the end.
"In the first half and the second half we had two or three very clear chances so we could have scored even more."
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