Man Utd v Man City Preview

This week sees' the Manchester Derby, days after the 50th anniversary of the Munich air crash.

Manchester United:

Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Brown, O'Shea, Simpson, Ferdinand, Vidic, Fletcher, Nani, Park, Scholes, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Hargreaves, Giggs, Tevez, Welbeck. (Evra and Rooney are suspended).

Sir Alex:
"It is a responsibility for the players to do well on Sunday,"
"I hope we put in a very good performance. It goes hand in hand with the memory of the Munich disaster."
He says the past week has "made me realise I was the manager of one of the greatest clubs of all time".
"There was some apprehension before this week hoping it all went smoothly, and I was proud of all the staff, the balance was fantastic," he said.
"I have always been proud to be manager of this club and on Wednesday I was even prouder. It was fantastic how the older players paraded their affection for the club."

Paul Scholes Said:
Scholes said: "City lost someone in the accident as well, so I hope their fans are not disrespectful. There is always that few who might cause problems.
"They have referred to the accident a few times in the past and I just hope they can come to their senses on the day.
"It would reflect badly on their club, but that's not stopped them in the past, has it?"
"The European Cup is massive for this club for many reasons. To be know as a truly great team we have to win it more than a couple of times and it would be fantastic to win it this season."

Manchester City:

Squad:Hart, Jihai, Onuoha, Dunne, Richards, Ball, Hamann, Fernandes, Petrov, Vassell, Mpenza, Ireland, Sturridge, Benjani, Geovanni, Schmeichel, Garrido, Caicedo, Etuhu. (Corluka and Elano are suspended).

Eriksson:

"As a club, we have sent out many messages and we hope fans use common sense," said Eriksson. "Football is one thing but when people die too early in an extremely bad accident, you have to respect that.
"It doesn't matter if you are wearing a blue shirt or a red shirt or whatever. It has nothing to do with football. We have to respect those who were doing the same job as we are doing today.
"It's sad and it should be respected. Don't be a fan for that minute. After that, normal service. I really hope our reputation is still very good after the match."

Predictions:

My Prediction: Man Utd 2-0 Man City
BBC's Prediction: Man Utd 3-0 Man City
Skysports Prediction: Man Utd 3-0 Man City
Sky Bet odds: Man Utd 2/7 Draw 7/2 Man City 8/1

I am predicting a Ronaldo and Tevez goal, who do you think will win and who do you think will score?

4 Responses so far.

  1. I predicted a 2-0 win too but how wrong were we. Simply a terrible performance from United and the players looked surprisingly unmotivated. No hunger or passion at all....

  2. Shuggo says:

    I totally agree with you, United didnt perform well against Spurs either and the next match is against Arsenal. Now we could be 5 points behind Arsenal and we could go out of the FA Cup on Saturday, then there is an away match against Lyon. The next couple of matches could ruin our season

  3. Yes the game against Spurs was just as terrible as the one today...I just pray it isn't something more serious than two bad days at work. It's up to the squad to show that there is a strong character (which you see the players talk alot about) in the team and to beat Arsenal on Saturday would be the perfect opportunity to go back on a winning streak. I really missed Rooney and Evra today. Evra because O'shea didn't fill his attacking role today and Rooney both becuase he is a great player and he would certainly get the lads going with his passion for the game.

  4. Shuggo says:

    I hope we put in a good performance against Arsenal and then Lyon. If we dont i can see the whole season crumbling.
    We definetly missed Rooney and Evra. We need someone good enough to replace Evra. Lets hope that we win against Arsenal and Lyon then a win against Newcastle and Arsenal drop some points- hopefully starting tomorrow

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