Arsenal vs Manchester United, Champion's League Preview

Football - Manchester United v Arsenal UEFA Champions League Semi Final First Leg


Tonight there is a massive Champion's League match taking place between Manchester United. Less than a week ago Man United took Arsenal on at Old Trafford in the Champion's League Semi-Final first leg but tonight they travel down to the Emirates.

In the first leg Man United won 1-0 with a goal from John O'Shea but it should have really finished 3-0 or 4-0.

Both teams have had some good team news.
Arsenal have their leading scorer Robin Van Persie back after injury, former Man United defender Mikael Silvestre is in the squad but he is a doubt.
Andrey Arshavin is cup-tied and the Gunners are also without Eduardo and Gael Clichy are both injured.
Manchester United have defender Rio Ferdinand back after his was substituted with a rib injury (Ferdinand coughed up blood in the changing room and was taken to hospital) against Arsenal in the first leg. Patrice Evra didn't train yesterday after picking up a knock against Middlesbrough on Saturday but he should have recovered by tonight.
Both teams made a lot of changes for their Premier League matches during the weekend, Arsenal made eight and Man United made seven.
Manchester United have already played Arsenal at the Emirates this season and we lost 2-1 but if we loose 2-1 tonight we will go through because of the away goal.
United are also unbeaten in the Champion's League for 24 matches and tonight I hope we make that 25 matches.
There is no way that Arsenal will be as bad as they were last Wednesday but as long as we score an away goal, that will put us in a fantastic position because that means that Arsenal will need to score three and that will make them even more vulnerable at the back.
If Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez or Patrice Evra pick up a yellow card and United go through to the final then they will be suspended which would be a massive shame.
If Robin Van Persie, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri or Alexandre Song receive a yellow card then the player would also miss out on the final, assuming that they get through.
Squads:
Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Djourou, Gibbs, Nasri, Song, Fabregas, Walcott, van Persie, Adebayor, Fabianski, Denilson, Silvestre, Diaby, Eboue, Bendtner, Ramsey.
Man United: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Rafael, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Ronaldo, Anderson, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Nani, Park, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez, Berbatov.

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