He followed that up by taking the Citizens to their first league title in the Premier League era, next season, which firmly established Manchester City as one of the heavyweights of English football.
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But the injury to Herrera seemed to stunt their ambition and they didn’t create a great deal after he went off. In the end they were indebted to David De Gea who made two fantastic saves in the second half and Bastian Schweinsteiger’s late victor. It’s heavy, two games a week, always at a high level.
Carrick was carried off on a stretcher in England’s 2-0 defeat to Spain with an ankle injury and Martial limped out of Wembley on crutches following France’s loss to Roy Hodgson’s side on Tuesday.
Antonio Valencia is out after undergoing surgery on his foot but James Wilson is nearing a return.
Watford midfielder Jose Manuel Jurado is doubtful due to a hamstring injury he suffered at the start of October, while Swedish defender Joel Ekstrand is yet to feature this season as he recovers from a cruciate ligament injury. It would’ve been 3-0 and out of sight but United clawed us back to come away with the win, as they have done it loads of times in the past. “When people write me off that’s when I perform at my best”.
Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo, would hope at sustaining his top form in the English Premier League as Watford battle Manchester United at Vicarage Road on Saturday (today).
“There will be quite a lot of my family going to the game, so it’ll be nice to go back”.
An injury-battered Manchester United attack gets to face a somewhat stingy Watford defense at United try to take back first place.
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Saturday’s early kick-off at Vicarage Road gives Louis van Gaal’s team, now two points shy of top spot, the chance to steal a march on nearest rivals Manchester City, Arsenal and Leicester City, who are not in action until later in the day.
