Analysis
This Saturday sees the Manchester derby at the Etihad Stadium, with a coronation of Manchester City awaiting if they manage to beat Manchester United. Jose Mourinho’s record against Pep Guardiola is poor, with only four wins from twenty meetings, and while Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool may have (again) shown the world how to get at and … Read more
Manchester United completed the signing of Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal earlier this week, in a swap deal that saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan go the other way. This is a rare transfer for United; despite their history and global appeal, the club have rarely signed ready-made superstars, preferring to buy younger players who are then moulded into … Read more
Lineups: Manchester United (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Young; Pogba, Matic;Rashford, Mata, Martial; Lukaku Newcastle United (4-4-2): Elliot; Yedlin, Lejeune, Clark, Manquillo; Murphy, Shelvey, Hayden, Ritchie; Gayle, Joselu Jose Mourinho welcomed Paul Pogba back to the side after two months out, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the bench. This meant that Ander Herrera dropped out, … Read more
So it’s that time of the year again. No, I’m not talking about Halloween or Christmas; those are rather more joyous occasions. It’s the time of the dreaded international break; two weeks when club football comes to a shuddering halt, leaving football fans struggling like a smoker who’s been told he just had his last … Read more
Manchester United are second in the Premier League. They sit five points behind their neighbours City, while a flawless European campaign sees the Red Devils top of their group, having won all four of their matches so far. They’re through to the quarter-finals of the League Cup (I refuse to call it the Carabao Cup) … Read more
Lineups: Huddersfield Town (4-2-3-1): Lossl; Smith, Zanka, Schindler, Lowe; Hogg, Williams; Kachunga, Mooy, Ince; Depoitre Manchester United (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Valencia, Smalling, Jones, Young; Herrera, Matic; Mata, Lingard, Martial; Lukaku Huddersfield lined up as expected, with fit-again striker Steve Mounie only on the bench. Ashley Young returned to left-back for Manchester United. Henrikh Mkhitaryan was … Read more
This weekend, as the Premier League takes action, Manchester United will be hosting Everton FC at Old Trafford. A matchup between the giants of José Mourinho and Ronald Koeman’s newly enhanced archetype. Both teams partook in mid-week action in their European competitions respectively; Manchester United defeated FC Basel 3-0 in the Champions League while Everton … Read more
As league football resumes its action this week, several clubs around Europe take part in one of the sport’s biggest competitions; The Champions League. Coming off of an unfortunate draw against Stoke City on the weekend, Manchester United took on the Swiss side, FC Basel, in matchday 1 of the Champions League group stages. With … Read more
As the buzz and excitement from the opening weekend of the Premier League season carries over to match-day 2, an impressive looking Manchester United look to take on a rather distraught Swansea City FC. The beginning of the season has treated both teams completely different, almost as if opposite sides of the spectrum. For Manchester … Read more
Ahead of the season opening encounter against West Ham United on Sunday, we take a look at one of the greatest Premier League comebacks against our opponents of this week. We take the short trip to April 2011 and see what history has in store for us. United visited Boleyn Ground with their title charge … Read more