I think that team too sadly. Although it depend on Martial and Lingards health. Shaw might play too over Williams.
Romero deserves to be in goal, but Ole will probably stick with De Gea even after all the errors and points lost.
League Cup Semi-Final 1st Leg
Manchester United 1:3 Manchester City
Old Trafford
- Kick-off
- Tue, 7 January 2020 @ 8:00pm GMT
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Romero deserves to be in goal, but Ole will probably stick with De Gea even after all the errors and points lost.They'll maul us. United City 0:6.Going to this. First derby. Expecting a battering but will be an experience nonetheless!We got this.
It shouldn't. It ultimately doesn't mean much. Of all the home games we've been unbeaten, none of those would be the same xl which United field today. Even if they were, football is a game of momentum, the slightest thing can spark a chain reaction.I predict that City keeper has nothing to do. Some random shots by Rashford out of frustration.
Well, then. That would make this Ole's first real test: To not make that happen. And it took four pages!
The real test would be the game after.Just hope Jon Stones and Bravo play. That should give us a better chance.
Hopefully they have Jesus over Aguero too.We will win today. 2-1 for us.
This for me too except I'd bring Andreas in for Jesse, and the later had better not start. Hoping all this talk means he is finally going. Would suit Italy.This is possibly the weakest our squad has been this season, for the first time I'm anxious about a game
First real test for Ole.The original plan for this post was supposed to be about predicting the team for tonight. Then I arrived at the midfield area and began losing the will to continue due to the appalling options currently available. So I quit. But not before thanking my lucky stars that I'm not in Ole shoes.
I no longer have a plan for this post. It's funny how things work out.Who cares about the lineup, If i try to go through it, i might be tempted to do myself in.
3-0 comfortable win for City. They're levels above us.Our strongest side is probably
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Bissaka-lindelof-maguire-williams
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But i expect ole to favour playing shaw and lingard over William's and gomes, plus de gea will probably get the nod over Romero even though romero is usually the starter in most cup games.
We usually play well when the squad is poor and everyone expect us to get slaughtered.
So I expect us to win tonight, then lose the second leg.There's no doubt about it, this is the first real test for Ole.I wonder if Ramazani will make the squad considering he didn't play last night.
What even is Pep's "B team", thought? He has a strong options for every position - two full, strong teams.
On our side, however - i hope we play all youngsters and don't worry about winning too much. Chances are slim anyway, it's a cup competition - give youngster's experience and concentrate on leage
Fair enough. Hopefully. Yeah, regardless of how we do tonight, over 2 legs we've got no chance realistically.
I keep thinking, there's only so many times he can keep getting away with it. We're due a battering eventually you would think.
Well since this season gives me LVG second season vibes from the start when we kept having crap results and whenever pressure increased on Van Gaal we won a big game and everything returned to normal I expect Ole to follow through.
Not expecting him to leave any time now before May.Defeat and then city underestimate us in the second leg and we go through. Mountains are there to be climbed etc.
Pep did say he underestimated us though. He will probably be cautious against the counter attack this time.I hope we don’t lose but I’m not confident.
When we beat them earlier in the season our midfield was in better shape, I think being forced into picking Matic will kill any chance we have of getting a result.
Were not worried about winning, we're worried about being slaughtered
How can i forget that season. Rashford coming out of the woodwork to destroy Arsenal was fun. Even beat Liverpool & City away somehow.Well since this season gives me LVG second season vibes from the start when we kept having crap results and whenever pressure increased on Van Gaal we won a big game and everything returned to normal I expect Ole to follow through. Not expecting him to leave any time now before May.
We defeated Klopp's Liverpool away with Rooney's goal them immediately lost the next game 0-1 at home against fecking Southampton.How can i forget that season. Rashford coming out of the woodwork to destroy Arsenal was fun. Even beat Liverpool & City away somehow.
Just like what we're experiencing currently.
That Liverpool away game was pure steal. We got totally dominated then put in a corner towards Fellani who headed it down to Rooney and won it 1-0. It was the two most attacked players here at that time who did the job (yes even more than Lingard and Jones that season) .How can i forget that season. Rashford coming out of the woodwork to destroy Arsenal was fun. Even beat Liverpool & City away somehow.
Against City we should have had a clear pen, but the clown Oliver didn't give it. He is always against us. Just GOD hope he is not having this game too. We won that game anyway, but still messed it up near the end to get top 4 against West Ham.For Ole, this is gonna be the footballing equivalent of him taking his Key Stage 1 SATS.
Yeah he should play the youth and see what happens. His strongest 11 is unlikely to win this tie over two legs and top 4 would be a better result this season.0 shots on target for 2nd game in a row.This is what i expect from United, be expressive and go for those piercing passes because City will not sit deep against any opposition in the world and that's cause Pep is a great attacker and loves to keep the ball and find ways to break defenses. If we kept the ball even for 5-6 passes, we can find a way to pierce their midfield. We need hard working midfielders and i hope we play Fred and Matic a little deep with Mata or Periera in the middle. In fact i would like Greenwood to play behind Martial but since he's still a kid, i wouldn't want or expect Ole to do that. Let's just look for those piercing on the floor passes and neat collection from every player. We can easily push our full backs up the field and play a few combination passes. Although defending deep is a huge ask as well. Let's see how it panes out.
Predicted XI
De Gea
AWB Lindelof Maguire Williams
Fred Matic
Pereira
James Martial Rashford
Predicted Scoreline,
2-0 United (i'm being optimistic and brave about this)
Fair enough
For what it's worth, and not that it's a predictor of anything, but I don't think we've lost with a large score, under Ole, yet, have we? Or maybe I am forgetting a game.
We have only given up 3 or more goals in a game three times under Ole: 4-0 to Everton, 3-0 to Barcelona, and 3-3 against Sheffield United.Fair enough
For what it's worth, and not that it's a predictor of anything, but I don't think we've lost with a large score, under Ole, yet, have we? Or maybe I am forgetting a game.All the negativity in here is overwhelming. We not taken note of the last 3 'Big' teams we faced? United win 2-0.
Arsenal was new manager bounce, back to the norm and Ole will school Pep again.
We had Mctominay in those games though. This will be a different test. Also Lingard was key to our last win against City, but his form is terrible.
Agreed, and that this Otamendi guy that tend to show up in the box, has an off day, and no KDB shots from outside the box. Hopefully the defence of Man Utd have an `on` day tonight, and that the midtfield three have now built some more good vibrations, and don`t fear to try- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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27%
Brandon Williams
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13%
Marcus Rashford
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10%
Nemanja Matic
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4%
David de Gea
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3%
Mason Greenwood
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2%
Angel Gomes
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1%
Phil Jones
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1%
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 262 ratings.
Score Predictions
67,136,54
- Man Utd win
- Man City win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 16% Man Utd 1:2 Man City
- 16% Man Utd 2:1 Man City
- 16% Man Utd 1:1 Man City
- 14% Man Utd 0:2 Man City
- 9% Man Utd 1:3 Man City
- 6% Man Utd 0:3 Man City
- 4% Man Utd 1:0 Man City
- 3% Man Utd 2:2 Man City
- 2% Man Utd 0:4 Man City
- 2% Man Utd 2:0 Man City
- 2% Man Utd 0:0 Man City
- 2% Man Utd 0:1 Man City
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 Man City
- 1% Man Utd 0:5 Man City
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 Man City
- 1% Man Utd 2:3 Man City
- 1% Man Utd 1:4 Man City
- 1% Man Utd 4:2 Man City
- 1% Man Utd 3:1 Man City
- 0% Man Utd 3:3 Man City
- 0% Man Utd 4:0 Man City
- 0% Man Utd 4:1 Man City
- 0% Man Utd 2:4 Man City
- 0% Man Utd 3:0 Man City
- 0% Man Utd 1:5 Man City
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Man City
- Possession
- 43% 57%
- Shots
- 8 15
- Shots on Target
- 3 5
- Corners
- 4 3
- Fouls
- 6 16
Referee
Mike Dean
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Nemanja Matic
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replaced by Anthony Martial
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replaced by Angel Gomes
