David De Gea (6) Against a barrage of Watford crosses De Gea’s positioning was key. Could do nothing about the two goals and watched on as United’s forwards sliced open Watford. Antonio Valencia (6) Much improved from his performance against Brighton and Hove Albion. Consistently aware of his surroundings, and three crucial challenges late on … Read more
United had come through a tough game at home to Brighton with a win, but now began a tricky run of fixtures away at Watford. The Hornets had a good start to the season and represented a difficult away test. Thankfully, despite a brief scare late in the second half, United ran out 4-2 victors, … Read more
I have to be honest: I was VERY relieved that United finally managed to get a game-winner against Brighton on Saturday, because we now have what I consider to be three VERY, very difficult games in a row in the Premier League, and a victory against a very spirited Seagulls team was essential if we … Read more
Three things that Manchester United should or shouldn’t do over the coming week. Manchester United managed to scrape through with a less than impressive win over newly promoted Brighton & Hove Albion. The Seagulls were no mugs and more than pushed United all the way, in fact creating some decent chances for themselves and were very unfortunate … Read more
It took an own goal from Lewis Dunk for Manchester United to overcome a stubborn Brighton and Hove Albion in Saturday’s 1-0 victory, and manager Jose Mourinho will be well aware that his side must up their game if they are to beat high-flying Watford on Tuesday night. The Red Devils travel to Vicarage Road … Read more
Midweek premier league football is back this week and I am one who thinks there is not enough of it. There is a full fixture list to be played in what is probably the start of the long slog into the New Year and for United the run of three crucial games. Watford will be … Read more
Manchester United struggled to a 1-0 win over Brighton at Old Trafford on Saturday. The only goal of the game came when Lewis Dunk deflected an Ashley Young effort into his own net, sparing Mourinho the blushes after a poor performance from the Red Devils. Manchester City came awfully close to dropping points against Huddersfield … Read more
Lineups: Manchester United (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Young; Pogba, Matic; Rashford, Mata, Martial; Lukaku Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1): Ryan; Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bong; Propper, Stephens; Knockaert, Gross, March; Murray Manchester United named an unchanged lineup from the team that beat Newcastle 4-1 the previous weekend. This meant the Victor Lindelof started his … Read more
United scraped to a 1-0 home win over Brighton at the weekend, with a deflected Ashley Young effort (later credited as a Lewis Dunk own goal) ensuring that the Red Devils kept up the heat on Manchester City at the top. Here are the major talking points from that game: United lacking fluidity Jose Mourinho … Read more
One of Sir Alex Ferguson’s most famous analogies took the form of a tale about geese. Whenever they flew above Carrington he pointed to the sky, stopped training, and said: “These geese fly 5000 miles from Canada to France. They fly in V-formation but the second ones don’t fly. They’re the subs for the first … Read more