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"City released a statement explaining why the kick-off time for the Etihad clash has been 'altered'.
It read: "City’s Premier League game against Manchester United at the Etihad has been altered for live television coverage."
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Manchester City 3:1 Manchester United
The Etihad
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- Sun, 3 March 2024 @ 3:30pm GMT
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"City released a statement explaining why the kick-off time for the Etihad clash has been 'altered'.
It read: "City’s Premier League game against Manchester United at the Etihad has been altered for live television coverage."Our lot will be beaten before a ball is kicked.
Is there anything else on later on Sunday that might have clashed with this game?
It’s the same with our games against Liverpool. Even when they were shite and we were the best in the land, they still gave it their all.Goal difference is a key metric at the moment in the title race so Guardiola is going to try and go all out and rout us.This could be nasty. They’ll want to score plenty here to keep up with Arsenal and Liverpools GD. Arsenal have Sheff Utd so they’ll probs score another 5. Best we can pray for is a low scorelineSqueaky bum time due to the lube, and not what Fergie was referring to.Our counter attack isn't good enough from what I've seen, only way we can get something from this game.Either a smash and grab or a total smashing, nothing in between.
Heart 0-1 Utd
Head 4-0 City
Ah, makes sense!Would be more confident if Hojlund was playing.
Maybe if Rashford can turn up we can hold on but really we're a battered and bruised side just hanging on this season.
Probably the least equipped we've been going to Infinite Blackburn All starsUnited will win 3-2. BELIEVE.
Odd in what way? The guy has scored 5 goals against us. It's a fact.
It was posted by Official Premier League account.
Or before we post anything in this forum, we need to ask for permission from @Utd heap and @sepulturite ?
Or is it because it shows how poor we are? We need to confront the reality as it is, finding a escapism in how poor we are will only make us not see where the problem is.
Even the Club Owner, Ratcliffe, is trying to copy City. It's nothing odd or suspicious. Don't have a big ego while you're poor in what you do.
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— Twitter API (@user) dateJust watched Pep's pre-match interview, it was really all about United and Ratcliffe and what he thinks, he said from the off that he has nothing to say about it but they kept on. He kept his composure though.I'm thinking a 3-0 City win.
I'm wondering if we shouldn't do a 442
Onana
Dalot Varane Lindelof Amrabat
McTominay Mainoo Casameiro
Bruno
Garnacho Rasford
if amrabat is at LB it will be a guaranteed win for City. They will absolutely eat him alive.
Yeah i know. Lindelof aint no better.
id prob phrase it as lindelof is less crap
Could be worse. We could go into a 2-0 lead and end up losing 3-2.
Believe what, nonsense?
Maguire is outDon’t play a 9. Play McT false 9. Have him drop into the midfield which should be cas - Mainoo - Amrabat. Bruno wide right dropping in, Rashford left. When breaking McT should try and get in there
keep the score down 5-0 to city
What counter attack ?
5-3-1-1 formation.
Everyone in the box.
Hope we only concede 3.It has been mentioned by pundits and in a couple of other places on this board but we do have options to playing this game that give us some chance.
Dropping an extra body into midfield and going with 2 wide attackers playing on the break is something that has been effective for us before. We do have pace in wide areas and for all of his flaws Bruno is as good as it gets when it comes to picking out a long pass on the counter.
What we absolutely cannot do is continue to leave the middle of the park deserted. I hate to agree with Carragher but we either need to press with a high line or sit deep and counter instead of trying to do both at the same time. Considering the opposition it will be sitting deep and playing on the counter for this one.
Onana
Dalot Varane Evans Lindelof
Mainoo Case Amrabat
Bruno
Garnacho Rashford
Don't love the Lindelof selection but really cannot think of a viable alternative and with 3 defensively minded players sat in the middle it ought to be possible to give him some protection. Still would need a large slice of luck and a poor performance from 115 but at least we should be solid enough not to be blown away if eveyone does their jobs.Cmon guys..all this talk about false 9s and shoring up the midfield, hes most likely going going to stick to the same formation and tactics, the one that means we have no midfield for most of the match. it seems like carragher and co pointing out the absurdity of this way is just going to entrench his way even more. I'd be delighted to proven wrong.
This makes sense. Defend for our lives Amrabat to help out Lindelof against Foden and you can squint and maybe see Mainoo or Bruno finding a through ball for the speedy pair up top. Could also be McTominay as the #10, Bruno up top and hope it's 0-0 after an hour and bring on Rashford or Garnacho in hope of them doing something on the break against tiring City defenders.Onana
Lindelof Varane Evans
Dalot Mainoo Casemiro Antony
Garnacho Rashford
Bruno
Amad, McTominay, Amrabat, Forson
Something different.——————-Onana
Dalot Lindelof Varane Evans
Mainoo Casemiro Amrabat
Garnacho Bruno Rashford
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Dalot Lindelof Varane Evans
Mainoo Casemiro Amrabat
Garnacho Mctominay RashfordDo we have a "115" song to serenade them with?This is happening tomorrow and not today right? Just checking so that I know to be busy doing something else when this is on the telly.My ideal team:
Onana
Lindelof Varane Evans
Dalot Mainoo Amrabat Casemiro Garnacho
Mctom
Rashford
3-5-1-1
Bruno is a disaster in most games these days but especially in games when you need someone with composure. So I would not play him. This line-up would keep City to 3 goals at most and might even get one on the counter.
The line-up Ten Hag will play:
Onana
Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Lindelof/Amrabat
Mainoo, Casemiro/Mctom
Antony/Mctom, Bruno, Garnacho
Rashford
With this line-up, its up to City how many they want to score.Let's just get this over, done and dusted. Please.
Google is your friend, but the match is tomorrow
Thank heavens. Now if we can lose by only 3 goals that'd be great.Google is your friend, but the match is tomorrow
In December we went into the game at Anfield discussing whether we'd take a 2-0 loss and we ended up putting in a surprisingly resilient performance. I know we didn't have Shaw and Hojlund out injured for that one, but part of me thinks we could get a score draw here. Garnacho and Rashford will get chances vs City's high line.
I am stupid and optimistic for no reason whatsoever. But yeah, I’d take 3-0 right now.Should be a very comfortable 3 or 4 nil win for City, but strange things can happen in football. Nobody in the world expects us to get anything (including me) so it is a bit of a free hit in that sense. I think we'd probably keep the score down if, as as been suggested elsewhere here, we went with a 5-3-1-1/5-3-2 shape and tried to pack the central areas to stop them playing through us. That's not what we will do, of course.Rashford———————————————————Garnacho
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——————Casemiro——————-Amrabat
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Lindelof————————————————————-Dalot
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————————————-Onana11 behind the ball. Hang on for dear life like relegation fodder.
Plenty of teams came to old Trafford with no hope or expectations when we were at our best throughout the 90s and 2000's.
Some came away with points after hitting the target once and their keeper having the best game of their career.
But that's basically what it is. Sheer bloody hope. Id be surprised if we pulled a tactical masterclass that frustrated them. Just hope for an off day from them and we hit the target.
Sad stance for a derby but there we are.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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15%
Raphael Varane
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13%
Diogo Dalot
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8%
Jonny Evans
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3%
Kobbie Mainoo
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3%
Bruno Fernandes
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2%
Marcus Rashford
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1%
Casemiro
Player Ratings
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Compiled from 235 ratings.
Score Predictions
31,187,17
- Man Utd win
- Man City win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 13% Man City 3:0 Man Utd
- 12% Man City 4:0 Man Utd
- 11% Man City 4:1 Man Utd
- 10% Man City 5:0 Man Utd
- 8% Man City 3:1 Man Utd
- 6% Man City 1:2 Man Utd
- 4% Man City 9:0 Man Utd
- 4% Man City 1:1 Man Utd
- 4% Man City 6:0 Man Utd
- 3% Man City 2:0 Man Utd
- 3% Man City 0:1 Man Utd
- 3% Man City 5:1 Man Utd
- 3% Man City 7:0 Man Utd
- 2% Man City 6:1 Man Utd
- 2% Man City 2:1 Man Utd
- 2% Man City 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Man City 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Man City 0:0 Man Utd
- 1% Man City 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Man City 1:3 Man Utd
- 1% Man City 8:0 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 7:1 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 2:6 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 7:8 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 0:2 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 1:4 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 0:7 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 0:9 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 9:2 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 6:2 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 9:9 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Man City
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 74% 26%
- Shots
- 27 3
- Shots on Target
- 8 1
- Corners
- 15 2
- Fouls
- 5 10
Referee
Andy Madley
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Willy Kambwala
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replaced by Sofyan Amrabat
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replaced by Antony
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replaced by Omari Forson
