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
David De Gea (6) Having lost his Premier League clean sheet record at Old Trafford last week, De Gea was in no mood to concede another. A quieter afternoon but will have to be on his game on Tuesday against Watford. Antonio Valencia (5) Poor decision making throughout the match in one of his worst … Read more
The Reds had been disappointing in midweek away against Basel but had a great opportunity to get back to winning ways against Brighton. The Seagulls made it a battle, but United came out on top thanks to a lucky own goal. It wasn’t a vintage United performance, but they got the three points, keeping pace … Read more
As our regular Mourinho impersonator Rodney McCain is off enjoying a well-deserved Thanksgiving holiday, I’m stepping into the breach for this week’s clash against Brighton at Old Trafford. United’s free-flowing form from earlier in the season looked to have returned with the win over Newcastle last weekend, but the midweek defeat at Basel has once … Read more
Manchester United come into tomorrow’s home clash with Chris Hughton’s Brighton and Hove Albion looking to quickly bounce back from Wednesday’s disappointing 1-0 loss in Basel. The surprise defeat means that a safe passage to the next round of this season’s UEFA Champions League is not 100% secured mathematically, but it would take a very … Read more
At last!!! The attacking intent returned to Old Trafford last Saturday evening, another 4 goals which could easily have been more, the return of Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic and more importantly 3 points. This would have been curtains for the title race had Newcastle clung on to their early lead, especially after the City … Read more
Manchester United fell to a late goal against Basel, after dominating the first half of the game. The result means that United now need a point in the game at home against CSKA Moscow to ensure their qualification as group winners. Here are the major talking points from last night’s game: Profligacy costs United After … Read more