Robin van Persie could be reunited with Wayne Rooney up front for the Reds for the first time in a month when Manchester United take on Shakhtar Donetsk at Old Trafford on Tuesday, and the Dutch striker is relishing that prospect.
David Moyes' men have already qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League, but victory in Group A's final encounter would guarantee top spot and a potential advantage when the knockout phase ties are decided in the draw on 16 December.
Van Persie returned from injury against Newcastle on Saturday, playing his first game since the 1-0 league win over Arsenal on 10 November, while Rooney missed the match through suspension. Having both players available is a huge boost for Moyes, and it's a partnership van Persie is excited to resume.
"What I enjoy most is the interaction together, that we both want to play together," Robin said in an interview with UEFA.com. "We both realise that we are better off playing together, because we are stronger when we are playing together, as a partnership. That's the main thing in any partnership.
"You have to have a certain partnership when you're playing with the number 9 and number 10, the main striker and the second striker. A left-back and a left winger need to have a partnership; the midfielders need to have a partnership; the two centre-backs, together with both full-backs, are the same.
"So you all have small partnerships in a big partnership, and I think it's very important that you want to work together and you try to feed the ball in to each other, and make each other stronger. You are always stronger, in any sport, in life, when you are doing stuff together. So that makes me really happy."
Some of United's most confident, commanding football this season has come in Europe, with the Reds winning 5-0 away at Bayer Leverkusen last time out. Moyes will hope that a Champions League victory is the perfect tonic for frustrating recent domestic results, and the potential to have Rooney and van Persie back leading the line is a timely boost.
"With a player of Wayne's calibre, we can go from strength to strength, and we can become better; even better than we do it now," added van Persie. "I think we've been playing really well together, we've been setting up goals for each other and scoring, which is what I want. One game he will score a couple, the next game I will score a couple.
"Hopefully we get more goals from the wingers as well, which is important, and the midfielders. But it is important that this partnership is growing and becoming even stronger."
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