Leicester to kick off their league survival campaign in earnest against us... And get fecking smashed!
FA Premier League
Leicester City 0:3 Manchester United
King Power Stadium
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- Sun, 5 February 2017 @ 4:00pm GMT
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Yes!!Fancied us to beat Hull and Draw to Leicester so Il go for a Utd win and the rest of the top 6 rivals to win their respective games also
10% voted 5:0 Leicester.
They should be easier to break down than Hull. Still confident, 1-3 United.Both clubs are in desperate need of 3 points. One to stay at least mathematically in the race for the top 4, the other to try and pull out of the relegation battle.
The question will be, which side will step out onto the pitch with a sense of urgency to get the result?
I think we all know the answer to that.
LCFC 3 United 1.If we don't win this we're fecked.
Nailed on to concede a last minute goal to drop points.Don't give a single feck about this game to be honest.Well, I'm pretty sure we won't lose. Unbeaten in the league for umpteen games.
The problem is, do we have the fire-power to beat them?
This is quite possible.Completely deflated after yesterday. Hard to feel motivated to watch this one. First time I've felt like this since LvG was in charge. Probably another 0-0 incoming. We're not very good away from home.
As opposed to our great home form.Expect us to win this but more due to Leicesters bullish stupidity than our gameplan.I pray to football gods we win!Exactly the same situation as mid-week. Arsenal will likely drop points, so we will as well.Firmly believe we'll tonk them, this safely in the knowledge that we'll stay 6th.We'll win convincinglyAnyone think Bailly will play?
Mourinho never plays the players I likeI'd like to see Martial come back in and try Schewini in the midfield 3 in place of Carrick. LB I am sure will be Darmian or Blind, don't think we'll see Shaw again until the next cup game. I'd like Bailly to play but I don't think he'll be risked.
Drop Zlatan and Pogba and we will win.
It's even funnier that people voted 1-1 and 0-0, we'll win this one comfortably in my opinion.10% voted 5:0 Leicester.
Hope so cause we do like to draw a lot.
Yep.Martial has to play, Rashford is proving far better as an impact sub.
Indeed we do, unfortunately.Think we will beat them comfortably like we did in September
Hull were a bit of a bogey team this season
@ Hull 0-1 (Rashford 92nd minute winner)
Hull (League Cup Semi 1st leg) 2-0 (2nd goal came in the 87th minute in the unlikeliest way- Darmian cross to Fellaini)
@ Hull (League Cup Semi 2nd leg) 2-1 (really should have been 1-1 but Moss is a bellend)
and then the 0-0 draw.Last edited:need to go on a run of wins again after three draws.Ibra
Martial Mata Mkhitaryan
Herrera Pogba
Blind Baily Rojo Valencia
DDG
I'd like that but I don't expect Mata to get a start for a while.I think it'll be too little too late at this point. We've thrown away so many chances to break the top 4 this season, a lot of them seemingly down to Mourinho's stubbornness and our own inability to finish. I hope we can win but I can easily see us drawing/losing.it's hard to get excited, I mean I expect us to beat Leicester because they won't be remotely as resilient defensively as Hull, but we're really unlikely to break top four now. I'm far more interested in the cups at this stage, especially the Europa.1-1. Pogba to hit the bar, Mata to smash the ball into the keeper's hands form 1 yard out and 30 sec left to play. 2 clear pens not given.
Vardy 30' (pen)
Zlatan 75'Don't win this, literally forget top 4. Would leave us too much to do going into those final few fixtures.
Literally?
Same here. I still have a sour taste in my mouth from the Hull match.
Though come Sunday I'll be watching every minute, just like every week.Leicester will be a test for us now. They will sit back and let us play through the in-field, without Kante there is nothing else they can do. We need to push them further. I'm not saying Jose did anything wrong by playing Rashford at Hull, because Martial is not the only one who needs game time. Martial will start against Leicester and do well. Everyone will praise Jose then. Zlatan should be dropped, he's world class but he's not sitting well in this team right now. His ways are too complicated for Rashford, Martial. If Zlatan absolutely has to be picked, then start with Rooney and Mata in the team.I'd like to see a 4-4-2 with Rashford playing off of Ibra, marial left wing, Miki right and pgba and herrera playing centre mids.Leicester wont sit back like Hull though.
And that suits us far better.
We've proven time and again we struggle for ideas and lack incision when faced with 9 or 10 men behind the ball.
We're more effective on the counter and when we can utilise the full expanse of the pitch.Our game, time we pulled our finger out I think we'll batter them, there comes a time where we capitalise on dropped points just like there came a time we stopped winning, LETS GO DEVILLLSSSSSS!
Exactly, so no reason to be downhearted.
Liverpool struggle with the same thing. We've almost been sussed out, teams know if they try to play us they will be harried and pressed like hell. So what do they do? They sit back, concede possession, and hit us on the break. Its then up to us to be creative enough to break them down and when we dont have a plan B, such as crossing it in the box, we struggle
Its a very difficult task to break down teams who sit back, people talk about it like it should be easy. But its hard.
Anyway, since Leicester wont do that I reckon you'll edge it. 1-2- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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3%
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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2%
Eric Bailly
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2%
Juan Mata
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1%
Paul Pogba
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1%
Chris Smalling
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1%
Antonio Valencia
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1%
David de Gea
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
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Compiled from 592 ratings.
Score Predictions
381,101,151
- Man Utd win
- Leicester win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 18% Leicester 1:2 Man Utd
- 15% Leicester 1:1 Man Utd
- 15% Leicester 0:2 Man Utd
- 11% Leicester 0:1 Man Utd
- 8% Leicester 0:0 Man Utd
- 7% Leicester 1:3 Man Utd
- 5% Leicester 2:1 Man Utd
- 4% Leicester 0:3 Man Utd
- 3% Leicester 1:0 Man Utd
- 3% Leicester 5:0 Man Utd
- 2% Leicester 2:0 Man Utd
- 2% Leicester 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Leicester 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 1:4 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 2:3 Man Utd
- 1% Leicester 3:1 Man Utd
- 0% Leicester 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Leicester 4:0 Man Utd
- 0% Leicester 4:1 Man Utd
- 0% Leicester 4:5 Man Utd
- 0% Leicester 2:4 Man Utd
- 0% Leicester 5:3 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Leicester
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 32% 68%
- Shots
- 11 16
- Shots on Target
- 1 9
- Corners
- 10 3
- Fouls
- 12 13
Referee
Anthony Taylor
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Daley Blind
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replaced by Marouane Fellaini
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replaced by Ashley Young
