STRONG SIDE ON MONDAY Antonio Conte and his Chelsea side can expect a strong Manchester United side on Monday. This comes after claims that Mourinho would rest him stars after playing a tie in Russia just 3 days earlier. The boss also took aim a Man City in his post-match comments yesterday. “I know we … Read more
Five of the top six sides do not have a league game this weekend due to involvement in the FA Cup. Liverpool are the only side playing and so could move six points ahead of Man United in the race for Champions League qualification. Monday night is the final tie of the FA Cup Quarter … Read more
Romero- Made some fine routine saves. Couldn’t do much for Rostov’s equaliser. A dependable deputy to De Gea. 6.5/10 Jones- Poor performance. Caught napping for Rostov’s goal. Passing wasn’t good either. 4.5/10 Smalling- Calm and solid outing for the skipper. Didn’t give the opposition much space to create chances. 6.5/10 Rojo- Inaccurate passing in the … Read more
Henrikh Mkhitaryan was on target as Manchester United drew 1-1 with Russian club Rostov in the first leg of their Europa League Last 16 clash. Mkhitaryan, who was a surprise starter after being declared fit, finished up a swift move which involved Fellaini beautifully chesting down a Jones long ball, passing it towards Ibrahimovic, who … Read more
LIVE FAN WATCHALONG STREAM ON YOUTUBE Join thousands of United fans in the interactive live community for the Manchester United vs. Rostov Fan watchalong. Mute those boring commentators and watchalong with passionate diehard fans from around the world. We go live an hour before kick-off with fan opinion and reaction to the line ups. GET … Read more
They wrote him off. He was said to be out the Old Trafford door back in June. He’s now on the verge of signing a new long-term contract. With Jose Mourinho in the Old Trafford many (including me) thought it was the end of Juan Mata’s United career. Now he is playing some of the … Read more
TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE Manchester United’s squad for the Europa League tie at Rostov flew out of Manchester Airport yesterday. The 20-man strong squad however did not contain the likes of Captain Wayne Rooney nor Luke Shaw who was impressive during the game at Bournemouth. Bastian Schweinsteiger is also out with a niggle. The squad … Read more
You can catch up on Part One here Before looking at the squad I had a look at my assistant manager thinks of the current squad. One of the biggest things that stood out to me is the age of the squad, with majority of the players over the age of 27. There are key … Read more
ZLATAN AND MINGS CHARGED The FA charged Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Tyrone Mings with violent conduct on monday. Mings might get a larger ban than Zlatan after the FA claimed that a standard punishment would be clearly insufficient. Zlatan and Mings have until today to respond. A ban will see Zlatan miss United’s big clash with … Read more
In an exclusive piece for ManUnited.uk we have been able to get Sparta Prague’s commercial manager, Ondrej Eisner, to give us the inside track on the team that knocked Sparta out of the Europa League and “welcome” United on Thursday. Be safe folks! —— It’s very simple. Your club won the Europa League Group Stage … Read more