Manchester United’s incredibly functional (i.e. polite way of saying “boring”) start to the season, which begun with successive 1-0 victories against the wonderfully uninspiring Tottenham and Aston Villa, finally demonstrated some signs of jolting into life in their Champions League playoff, with a 3-1 win against Club Brugge. More pressure has been put on the United captain this season with the departures of Radamel Falcao and Robin Van Persie, Rooney now has to be the main source of goals for United.
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STEVE McCLAREN has warned his Newcastle United players they will be coming up against one of England’s all-time greats when they take on Manchester United in today’s lunch-time kick-off at Old Trafford.
Standing in their way is a new-look Newcastle side who have made a tentative start to life under Steve McClaren. On a more positive note, Newcastle could be boosted by the presence of new signing Florian Thauvin. The draw against Southampton could have been avoided, as well as the highly disappointing defeat to Swansea, which saw Daryl Janmaat receive a red card, and Aleksandar Mitrovic already receive his second yellow card of the season.
Unlike in 1996, Manchester United had established their status as the top team in England in a much clearer way.
As part of that deal, Remy Cabella, who failed to secure a regular place in the first team during his debut campaign with the Magpies, heads in the opposite direction on a season-long loan.
A point is the maximum they can hope for now that their win-less streak spans over one month and six disappointing games. “What is good about him as a winger is that he’s got an end product and unfortunately for us, he’s beginning to show that at Manchester United“.
Thauvin probably isn’t ready to start yet, but he brings game-changing potential to Newcastle’s attack both off the bench in this match and as a starter for the rest of the season.
Newcastle have won at Old Trafford just once in the Premier League era, when Yohan Cabaye headed in to seal a narrow 1-0 victory in the 2013-14 season.
Unfortunately, injuries limited his playing time during his three-year stay and he joined Newcastle having scored seven goals in 61 league outings. “When you score two goals and the assist also, normally in the world you are the hero”.
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Manchester United: Marouane Fellaini will serve the ultimate match of his home suspension, whereas Phil Jones is once more anticipated to be lacking as he battles delicate thrombosis. The impressive thing has been their defending this year though with the back four looking solid and Schniederlein sitting in front of them this is going to be a tough unit to break down. Sergio Romero is about to proceed in aim amid the continued uncertainty surrounding David de Gea’s future.
