Liverpool is right to promote what business it can, but let's look at this objectively.
The LPL option is twice as long as the MAN direct flight, more expensive, and indirect to AUH on what is already likely to be an onward journey from AUH anyway given its what Etihad do, I honestly don't see MAN loosing any sleep, do you?
Let's not get worked up over what is effectively a non-issue.