After three consecutive defeats, the United players would have probably wanted a relatively easy fixture to get back to winning ways and boost their confidence.
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Neville, who was working as an analyst for Sky Sports at the Northampton game, says the England striker will be hard to leave out on Saturday for the visit of the Premier League champions.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has hit out at “football Einsteins” who he claims have tried to dismiss his career triumphs during a hard week for the club.
Speaking after last night’s win, the Portuguese admitted his side had had a “bad week”, but lambasted “football’s Einsteins” for writing them off. They tried to delete an unbelievable history of Man United football club and to focus on a bad week with three bad results.
Cup holders City, who won 2-1 against United in the English Premier League earlier this month, will play an away game against United in the last week of October after their 2-1 win at Swansea here on Wednesday.
“But that’s the new football”.
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The ignominy of a fourth straight loss was avoided with a timely 3-1 win at League One side Northampton, setting up a re-match with Pep Guardiola’s City in the fourth round. However, while this may be the case, United have been knocked out of the League Cup by lower league opposition in each of the past two seasons (by MK Dons and Middlesbrough) which certainly bodes well for the Cobblers. The 30-year-old’s performance standards are dipping and is leading to fans calling for his axe in favour of others in the squad. The English midfielder believes United can use their latest win in order to get their season back on track as he wants the Red Devils to challenge for the title this term.
