It remains to be seen whether this result will have such a demoralising effect on Liverpool in their bid for the Barclays Premier League title , but , as Drogba tormented Martin Skrtel and Jamie Carragher much as Torres had given the runaround to Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic , it was easy to see why Sir Alex Ferguson had suggested that the winners of this tie would pose a far greater threat to United on the domestic front than the losers .