Match Preview: United v Manchester City 22/10/2011
 Will The Red Devils take the Derby Day bragging rights once again at The Theatre Of Dreams ?... Match Preview - Manchester United v Manchester City Competition: Premier League Kick-Off & Date: 1:30pm, Sunday, 23rd October 2011 Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester (Home) Live TV Coverage: Sky Sports 1 (HD), 1pm - 3:30pm Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Durham) Assistants: Simon Beck & Stephen Child Fourth Official: Howard Webb Form: United lie 2nd in the Barclays Premier League, and in the same spot in UEFA Champions League Group C. Liverpool at Anfield were held to a 1-1 draw by The Reds last weekend, and during the week Otelul Galati suffered a 2-0 defeat, in the League and Europe respectively. United have started the season in unbeatable form, and let's hope that continues against Manchester City - whom The Devils beat in the 2011 FA Community Shield already. Manchester City are sitting at the top of the domestic league, after enduring an easy start to the campaign. Their first 'Top Four' game comes against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Blues last beat Aston Villa 4-1 in the League, but are struggling in Europe despite their midweek win against Villarreal. Roberto Mancini's rent boys are in 3rd place in their group, having drawn and lost already. They were also defeat by United in August. The Injury Front: United are in tip-top shape, thanks to the recovery of some key footballers. Rio Ferdinand is back in the fray, while many players who were rested midweek in the victory over Otelul Galati will return. David De Gea will feature in goal again, after his heroics against Liverpool. Fabio Da Silva is fit, while Tom Cleverley is 'touch-and-go'. Darron Gibson and Rafael Da Silva remain sidelined for this weekend's derby. Squad: De Gea, Lindegaard, Amos, Smalling, Fabio, Evans, Ferdinand, Vidic, Jones, Evra, Valencia, Nani, Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs, Park, Young, Berbatov, Diouf, Hernandez, Owen, Rooney, Welbeck. Manchester City have no injury concerns to worry about, other than the fitness of former Red Owen Hargreaves - who will be on the receiving end of a nasty reception should he show his face at Old Trafford. Another former Red Devil - Carlos Tevez - is suspended from City due to a flare-up with manager Mancini in their defeat to Bayern Munich. Forward Mario Balotelli is fit, despite his house going up in flames due to a fireworks party midweek. Squad: Hart, Kompany, Richards, Kolarov, Lescott, Savic, Clichy, Zabaleta, K Toure, Nasri, Hargreaves, Johnson, Y Toure, De Jong, Milner, Barry, Silva, Balotelli, Dzeko, Aguero, Pantilimon.  The Gaffer: Roberto Mancini has attracted a lot of criticism over the past couple of seasons, but his recent handling of Carlos Tevez was a strong show of authority. However, Manchester City ruined that by over-ruling him recently at a hearing, deciding that Tevez did not refuse to play against Bayern Munich. Oops...  Most-Feared: David Silva is City's biggest attacking threat to United this Sunday. The 25-year-old Spanish winger has turned from flop to top in less than two seasons, and he has 2 goals and 7 assists to his name in 9 matches. He hasn't has the best of games against United, but our defenders will have to be alert !  The Ref: Mark Clattenburg has reffed United on a number of occasions, with the majority of those fixtures turning-out as victories. Sunday's top-of-the-table clash will be tighter, but Clattenburg will want to avoid any controversy on front of the Old Trafford crowd. It promises to be a thrilling Manchester Derby... United Latest's Prediction: United 2-0 Manchester City - Wayne Rooney & Luis Nani ? Commentsandi 23/10/2011 12:09pm
again, Cleverley is not in the United squad? WTF?!:( Arfaan11 23/10/2011 12:18pm
Andi he is not fully fit yet he has jus started training,it is 2 big of a game 4 him 2 comeback in saqib 23/10/2011 3:16pm
dnt knw why when starting line up announced i knw just knw dat evans is a weak link n he left open belatolli in first goal n got a red aswell at red game was dead...... once again bad team sellection...... u got jones why u letting evans play in keepin jones on bench.... team also lost da hunger 2 win after 1st goal n after red it was dead n burried only respect to rooney...... he never let it go..... we so need 2 strengthen cm n construct goals from cm...... just cant rely on wings 2 produce da telling pass..... realise it please Malik 23/10/2011 3:21pm
shame of a score line we gave up da match after 1st goal borba 23/10/2011 3:34pm
we played like shit and looked like shit A fan 23/10/2011 3:57pm
Thank God i was justified at the end. Man utd mid field is wack Marc 23/10/2011 4:11pm
Well, we have not played well ever since Tom Cleverley was injured... Hope this heavy defeat will get us back on track. andi 23/10/2011 4:13pm
we don't need Sneijder, cause we have our midfielder like Anderson, Fletcher and Carrick. :) Arfaan11 23/10/2011 4:22pm
That was fuckin pathetic,hw bout we put our youth team on nxt game,seriously I coulda done better than that,in all th yrs I hav supported Utd this is worst I hav I ever seen us play n th worst I hav ever fuckin felt,come on Utd pull ur fingers out cause that was jus fuckin pathetic De Gea 23/10/2011 4:38pm
very very poor performance from the defence and the goolkeeper.. the game started nicely but ended very sadly... SAF should buy 1 or 2 world class player in da midfield like Silva.. Carrick, anderson, young, useless.. de Gay playd so poor.. should be lindgard next goalkper borba 23/10/2011 4:50pm
the whole team was poor even Sir Alex was poor Najib Razak 23/10/2011 4:59pm
maybe i should be the next coach :D Zzz 23/10/2011 5:25pm
Once again we have been found out with regards to our weak MF and the amount of chances we have been giving to the opposition.!! borba 23/10/2011 6:01pm
maybe city are on a lucky streak and fall a part next week Mufc 777 Blog 23/10/2011 6:45pm
. EVANS GAVE AWAY THE GOAL AND GOT SEND OFF . GET RID NOW ... ROONEY GREAT PLAYER BUT HE GOES ON THIS SPELL OF BAD PLAY AFTER A GOOD GOAL SCORING BURST .. NANI ALL TALK ALL WEEK WELL WHAT HAPPEND . ANDO WASTE FLECTHER CANT GIVE OUT REALY EVRA KEEPS GOING TO THE BACK WHEN HE SHOULD BE STAYING OUT ON THE LEFT BACK SIDE. EVERTON GAME IS THE BIGGEST GAME OF THE SEASON NOW NEXT WEEK AND WE HAVE TO WIN REALY HAVE TO WIN AND IT IS ON 12.00 CLOCK AS WELL;' borba 23/10/2011 7:06pm
we got out played there some players that have to go somewhere else there time at united is over. iansic 23/10/2011 7:28pm
"saqib Mufc.777 Blog 23/10/2011 8:17pm
@borba ya i think Rio looked like an old Man Today Evra is one of the best left backs in the World but he is losing it bit buy bit every season .. Ando no good . Look Back IN Sneijder and say why did we not jiust pay the money for him shirt sales would paid back the money '' we need to buy in January Big ....'' look at our next 10 games there all easy and then we can go in to the market in January buy one our two players and we reayd for the second half the season when we play thre big boys again borba 24/10/2011 12:04am
I agree with mufc 777 our team didn't look like Manchester United on the pitch today addy 24/10/2011 9:39am
I don't know why ferguson sticks with anderson but he is a fucken uselles player Comments are closed. |  
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