Manchester: Jose Mourinho (pictured) claims he is a calmer manager than Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp despite having been sent to the stands twice for disciplinary reasons this season.
United's run, which includes six straight league victories, has moved them to within five points of Liverpool, who begin the weekend in second place.
Klopp suggested yesterday that both managers are driven by anger, and that is the reason for their sustained success.
Mourinho, though, believes he is calmer, even though he has faced three Football Association charges since taking charge at Old Trafford last May.
The former Chelsea chief was sent to the stands against Burnley in October for a half-time dispute with referee Mark Clattenburg, and suffered the same fate in a league game against West Ham after he kicked a water bottle.
"I just think I like to win like every manager likes to win. Everyone has his own personality. Everyone has his own style of coaching and his own style of leading," Mourinho told reporters yesterday.
"Probably we have some qualities that are similar, for sure we have other qualities that make us really different people and different managers.
"But looking to this match, I think he wants to play the game as much as I want to. He is as motivated as I am.
"I'm not sure if he's so calm as I am, but it's just one more big game in our careers."
Mourinho acknowledges that he still has the hunger for success that has brought him eight domestic league titles across four countries during his managerial career, as well as the two Champions League triumphs.
