Manchester United great Rio Ferdinand claims they've now passed Liverpool.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side finished second in the standings, behind only champions Manchester City, and five points ahead of Liverpool.
"I think in the league we've got what we wanted, which was an improvement," he told Goal. "I think Man United at the end of last season finished 30-odd points behind Liverpool. Liverpool are now behind us and they'll have their excuses and reasons why but the cold facts are that we have gained that much ground on them that we've gone past them this season.
"That shows vast improvement and we're second in the league. By no means are we the finished article but I think at the beginning of the season if you'd said you'd finish second in the league from where we were I think they'd have snapped your hand off."
