v United 28/02 ko 4:30pm live on Sky

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    Full squad to choose from bar Silva who will be available next week according to Tuchel. The Liverpool game?

    Surely United’s away record has to end soon and we do owe them one.

    It won’t be easy though personally I would take the draw both now and on Thursday too.

    #1927619
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    I believe we are winning this one. United love to counter teams and Tuchel hates his team losing to counter attack and he love to control the game. If we play like we did against ATM we are winning this one.

    #1927649
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    I fancy us for the win too but we know the chaos rashford could cause in behind between azpi and christensen if we are not careful

    Tough one to call as nine says but my feeling is like at old Trafford utd will be content with a point, it could be an awful game with one goal deciding just hope we can get it

    #1927671
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    While I believe this game can be won if we put an extra effort than we did against Athletico. because truth be told, United is not Athletico and they will not sit back and play back 6 to counter our attack. they have very good firepower upfront. their attack is better than our attack. they have some dangerous players that can hurt us if we are not fully concentrated. so I wouldn’t say this one is a walk in the park. but we still have a chance.

    The key to this game is how our defence copes with United’s firepower and how our attack exploits their weakness in defence. if we can achieve those two objectives, then we will have a very good chance to walk out with the three points. this is also the game where tactics will be key. I can see Reece James getting recalled to deal with Marcus Rashford. But if it was down to me, I would also recall Chiwell to offer us defensive assurance and good crosses to the box, if we select Giroud who I feel deserves to start this game.

    Finally, I would caution people to overreact and write off United. again United is not Athletico, and Solkajaer is not Simone. our success will also depend on how we deal with Bruno.

    #1927677
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    The key to this game is how our defence does against their attack and how our attack does against their defence!

    WF you have blown my mind once again, great insight 😉

    Agree utd are tougher opposition than atletico and much more of a threat going forward

    #1927678
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    Lucky, Let’s hope all the balls are pumped up to their peak performance so that they will roll into the back of the net and give us a goal. Maybe they could deflate just in time to stop rolling over the line for one of theirs. Well you never know. The beach ball and Sunderland rings a bell. Stranger things have happened I guess. Now thats insight for you. :)))

    #1927679
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    Yes WF I agree. It will depend a lot on which United turn up both tactically and psychologically and especially how we handle Bruno. Having said that the same probably applies about our tactics and what frame of mind our players are in. Hopefully the trip to Romania and their exploits against Atletico has not drained them too much. United had a much easier task in Europe with a home match and an unassailable lead so they may actually end up fresher than us as a result.

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    I’ll call this one as an exciting 2-2 draw. Would absolutely love a win though. Here’s hoping.

    #1927685
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    Yeah 67 usually say disadvantage to team that played Thursday but no advantage gained really they rested and no key players played more than 45 mins

    Massive 3 points up for grabs

    #1927687

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    United and Atletico are two different teams with two different styles both are very strong opponents for different reasons.

    Simeone set Atletico up to come out of the first leg with a minimum of a nil nil then score at the Bridge and challenge Chelsea to get two goals confident that Chelsea wouldn’t given the strength of the Atletico defence.

    Atletico will be a different proposition in the 2nd leg and it will still be a challenge to go through.

    United on the other hand are not as good defensively as Atletico remembering Gimenez one of the best Central Defenders in Europe was injured in the first leg.

    United will play on the break which makes them highly dangerous given the speed of of their offensive players and Bruno Fernandes is probably one of the best offensive midfielders in Europe right now.

    This game like the Atletico game and Thursdays away game at Anfield will be extremely challenging and a 3 game run of Atletico, United and Liverpool across 10 days would be very very tough for anyone.

    If someone offered me a draw now I would snatch their hand off ditto for the Liverpool game.😊

    #1927688
    Luckydestiny
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    we haven’t won many games against top teams nine, 2 draws wouldnt be bad but I want at least one win out of the 2 and to be honest I wouldnt settle for 2 draws now, draw will be the minimum requirement in both

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    Liverpool should be there for the taking on form. Inferior teams to Chelsea have visited Anfield and won this season so sooner rather than later to try our luck there I reckon. I’m rather excited by the prospect of winning there to be honest. First up let’s get a result against United.

    #1927717

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    Yep Lucky I woul happily take a draw and a win, winning at Anfield would strengthen our top 4 challenge.🤞🤞🤞

    #1927935
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    I think this is a very difficult match. Man Utd are very potent in attack. They have Fernandes, Cavani, Rashford, Greenwood, Martial, any of their player can score. I think we really have to have our defense tight. No mistake will be allowed from our defense or a slight one and Man Utd will punish us.

    I don’t know why but still I am more optimistic about us facing Man Utd than us facing Liverpool. But one match at a time. Let’s win this match to cement further our top 4 conquest even though I am far from optimistic. Probably I would happily take a draw from this match too even though I think we could win this.

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    I think we would need to let Man Utd have the possession and we will counter them. Hence Werner would start ahead of Giroud as he is quick and hopefully he will score in this very important match. If we win this, we would be 4th ahead of WHU and we could close the gap with Man Utd and possibly with Leicester that may lose against Arsenal. My team: Mendy – Azpi,Christensen,Rudiger – James,Jorginho,Kante,Alonso – Mount,Werner,Hudson-Odoi

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    Interesting line up for this game. Ziyech, Kante James and Chiwell has been recalled to the starting 11. That is a very good line up. The only person I’m worried about this game is Christensen. he is prone to losing concentration at a times. And we cannot afford any slightest loss of concentration. Also the selection Kante has to do with Fernandez. Tuchel is also aware of the pace that United has in the wings, so that may be part of the reason why Chiwell and James were selected. But the most interesting thing is no Timo Werner!

    #1928111

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    Hopefully Ziyech proves his worth today and we see a very commited performance from him.

    Sensible of Tuchel to rotate given the run of games with Liverpool away on Thursday.

    I think Kante was nailed on to start today given Fernandes and United’s strengths offensively.

    James on the bench today I was expecting him to start tbh but I trust in Tommy.😊

    Good offensive options off the bench though.

    #1928125
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    Just saw it, but anyway that like up isn’t bad. it can easily be 4-2-3-1 when we are attacking with Azpi filling at RB.

    #1928170
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    Warning signs are already there that this silly play from the back could cost us big time. Azpi, Rudiger, Medny and Kante are not comfortable in retaining possession when under pressure. And so far United is using to that tactic to pressure them into making a mistake. i hope we play direct and avoid unnecessary mistakes.

    #1928206
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    Bloody hell Nine, you were right mate, we did well for a point I thought utd were better than us

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