Liverpool head into Sunday's Old Trafford showdown 11 points ahead of their most bitter rivals and Rodgers believes extending that advantage will make it impossible for United to finish in the top four this season.
If that happens, Rodgers has delivered a stark warning to David Moyes of the implications that no Champions League football will bring.
Rodgers said: ‘We are 11 points clear now; if it goes to 14, they can’t do it. Even 11 is going to be very tough because we are entering into a period where we are stronger. Our last 10 games last season, we were brilliant and we have been doing the same pattern this year.
‘It is tough for any of the teams, you are always looking at yourself and making sure you perform. Over 14 months we’ve shown that we have been on the up. The first job is to consolidate fourth, then work upwards. That will be the aim.’
United want to overhaul their squad in the summer but Liverpool’s manager says the players Moyes aims to sign could become unobtainable if they cannot offer top-class European football.
Rodgers discovered this last summer when his top target, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, chose to join Borussia Dortmund because Liverpool were not in the Champions League.
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