Easter Sunday is a massive day in the race to be named Champion’s of England. Manchester United face Liverpool in the early kick off and later of Chelsea will face Arsenal. Here is a preview of the Manchester United v Liverpool match.
Manchester United
Squad: Van der Sar, Hargreaves, Pique, Vidic, O'Shea, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Saha, Tevez, Brown, Scholes, Rooney, Giggs, Park, Carrick, Evra, Ferdinand, Kuszczak, Foster.
Player To Watch: Who else but Cristiano Ronaldo, he has scored 33 times so far this season. Ronaldo hasn’t scored against one of the top 3 teams yet, which is surprising but tomorrow could be his day.
Injuries: Rio Ferdinand and Louis Saha are major doubts, Van Der Sar is a doubt but he could be fit in time. Neville and Silvestre still need more reserve games.
Form: WWLWW
Manchester United 2-0 Bolton
Derby 0-1 Manchester United
Manchester United 0-1 Portsmouth
Manchester United 1-0 Lyon
Fulham 0-3 Manchester United
Manager’s View: "I love the Liverpool games, I must admit," said Sir Alex Ferguson."There’s nothing better for me and my players, particularly the older ones who've experienced it many times like Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand. "I think the Liverpool game brings out a certain anticipation in our players and they'll be anticipating a difficult game. Liverpool are very strong defensively and people are talking about the Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres partnership."We know about Gerrard of course, he’s been on the scene for a long time and has also played in many of these derby games. Torres has scored twenty-four goals so far in his first season in the Premier League and I’m sure Rafa’s delighted with that return. We have to do our preparation tactically but if we play to our form, we’ll have a good chance."
"The three of us in the title race have all got hard games and none of us are certainties to win. Sunday's results won't be decisive but if we win and Arsenal and Chelsea both lose, it will be a big day for us! But seriously, the team that shows real consistency now will win the league. Hopefully we can do that.”
Liverpool
Squad: Reina, Arbeloa, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Skrtel, Aurelio, Riise, Babel, Benayoun, Alonso, Gerrard, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Torres, Voronin, Crouch, Pennant, Itandje.
Player To Watch: Fernando Torres is a big part of Liverpools team, he is scoring goals and looking like a great signing.
Injuries: No new injury problems for Benitez and he is expected to field the same team who beat Reading.
Form: WWWWW
Liverpool 2-1 Reading
Inter Milan 0-1 Liverpool
Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle
Liverpool 4-0 West Ham
Bolton 1-3 Liverpool
Manager’s View:
I have a lot of confidence in this squad," said Rafa Benitez. "We have a young squad with a lot of good players, and in the future this team will be better and we can compete with anyone. "We have scored 99 goals this season. We have to watch videos of what we have achieved this season and go to Old Trafford with a lot of confidence. If you see our games against United, there hasn't been a big difference. It's been two or three things like corners or free-kicks. "We have the belief to go there and win. We are in a good moment now and we have more confidence and more players that can change the game. "Compared to the last two years, we have more confidence that we can beat United. Even more than last season."
"We are better equipped now than before,"
"We have some good players now who can change the game, the likes of Torres, Gerrard, Babel, Kuyt and Xabi Alonso, players who can score goals. "Our position is better now. In the past, you could have a plan going to Old Trafford and do certain things, but in the end you didn't have enough power. Now I think that is different. "They have Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez, all match-winners, but now we have two or three players who can do the same. "In these kind of games, sometimes the tactics aren't the difference. With so many top class players on the pitch, the players are the difference."
"Javier could be like Roy Keane," he said. "He is the same kind of player, a player with strong character, a leader. When you play in a foreign country, the language is always important, and Mascherano can get better with that and improve as a player. "His work-rate is fantastic and it gives freedom to other players, it allows Torres and Gerrard to go forward because Mascherano is working so hard in defence. "I don't know how interested United were in him last January. But talking to Javier, he was really pleased to come here, and that was the only thing for me. "United have signed two or three players in his position, sometimes paying more money than we did for Mascherano. "Mascherano has a fantastic mentality and is a good professional, and he can be a key player for us over the next few years."
Predictions:
My prediction: This is an extremely hard match to predict but I am going to predict a 2-1 win for United only because we are at home. I think Torres will score for Liverpool and Ronaldo and Tevez will score for United.
Mark Lawrenson: Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool.
Skysportsnews: Manchester United 1-1
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