FA Premier League
Manchester City 3:1 Manchester United
Etihad Stadium
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- Sun, 11 November 2018 @ 4:30pm GMT
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) look forward to a new life under Ruben Amorim. What system will we be playing? What players will impress? and how will it all go? We also say goodbye to Ruud Van Nistelrooy and review United's 3-0 win at home against Leicester City.
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We had Pogba last time, I think he guarantees some focus from City. I don't know how we will be able to bring enough focus to City to allow us to focus ourselves on our play.
I wouldn't get my hopes up. I think we'll get played of the park and with Pogba out we will likely see a midfield consisting of Matic and Fellaini. I just hope we won't get embarrassed.Has Pogba picked the injury after Jose's press conference? Because Jose said no one was injured after Juvi game!If Pogba doesn't play the replacement must be Fred.
Cannot play Matic and Fellaini together in midfield against the two silvas we'll get embarrassed otherwise.
Think there was a bit on reddit saying Sanchez is supposedly injured (knock vs. Juventus) and he's questionable for City game.
Fingers' crossed that's the case.I predict a drab 1:0 for CityDeath, taxes and Pogba annually missing a derby.Absolutely must win clash. Would throw everything at these guys, kitchen sink, long balls, hard tackles and unleash the MartialDe Gea
Young (pains me to say it) Smalling Lindelof Shaw
Herrera
Pogba Fred
Rashford Sanchez Martial
If Sanchez isnt fit, throw Greenwood in
Ahead of Fred and Fellaini?Would people seriously like to see Greenwood and Pereira play against this City side?If Pogba is out could see us having Fellaini and Lukaku start and going hard with longballs. Can't however see us engineering any 2nd half comebacks without him
We've sadly put ourselves in a position where just beating small teams won't get us top 4. Pogba needs to be on the pitch for this one
Yes - Pereira is a good technical player he's the 2nd best passer in this team. Fred and Fellani won't give you the same creativity he can.
Greenwood is not ready but Pereira is, he held his own against Barca and Madrid when he was on loan in Spain.
Didn't he play on the wing most of the time when he was at Valencia? He has also played less than 45 minutes since August, unless you count in the few minutes for Brazil.Is Pog really out?
He didn't look injured during the game with Juve, maybe mind games form Jose.Must win game to keep our top 4 hopes alive.
Based on what? You can't just make sweeping conclusions from a player who has barely made significant appearances for the first team.
Mourinho confirmed in his press conference that there were no injuries post Juventus game. Not to mention Sanchez was seen in the training pics.
Whenever he's played he's shown good technical level and quality to pass both short and long. We could switch the play from side to side very effectively with periera in the team but there's no chance of that happening anyway. He hardly makes the benches with mctominay the preferred option.
Perreira has played 2 full seasons in Spain, so yeah he can actually draw an educated decision.
He's made 4 Premier league apps there. It's too early to claim he's suddenly superior. Very bizzare.
He played vast number of appearances on the wing and in another league. So yeah, you can't claim he's suddenly a superior passer in Central midfield in the Premier League from that. Would be pretty daft to suggest that over someone like say, Fred who has always operated centrally and comes off the back of a standout year in the position.Periera is a good player, but severely overrated by some of our fans like the rest of our youngsters tbh.
I think Fred won't bad at all in Pogba's position if he's absent. I will keep Fellaini as impact sub and play Matic-Fred-Herrera.
Exactly. Because he's an academy player with a handful of apps people want to bone him as this superior midfielder. There is a reason Jose doesn't trust him just yet and there's a reason Valencia opted to use him out wide on many occasions rather than operate purely centrally.Ander is a must if Pogba is out, which isn’t so bad. He’s a big-game player.
As is Felli...
No one is overrating him - he has a very expansive passing range that only Pogba has. If Pereira isn't the 2nd best passer in the team then who is? Mata, Herrera and Matic don't have an expansive passing range.
You don't just chuck a player in midfield only because they have an "expansive passing range" alone. So much more gets considered
And I'd argue Matic and Mata are generally able to pass better than most.
You must have been sniffing those loveheart sweets. Pereira has not created a single chance this season, on the other hand Fred has created 9 chances this season with an average of 1.5 per 90 minutes.
How many games have we seen him play for us to evaluate him as second best passer in the team. Definitely Mata and Herrera are ahead by a long shot. Herrera has some sublime through balls and we have seen it many times here.
What does playing in another league has to do with someone's ability to pass the ball. Do people seriously still go on about these arguments about different leagues and use them as reasons why certain players wouldn't hack it in the PL?
La liga is one of the top league alongside PL and he's played there for 2 years. If he was able to show his passing there, then there is no reason why he wouldn't be able to do so in England.
It's also funny how you bring up Fred yet you're basing your argument entirely on what he did in another league.
Apparently his passing should be ignored because he's shown it in Spain hence it doesn't count. The usual he did it in some other league therefore he can't do it in the bestest of best league that is the unmatched PL.Whoever wins, at least MU are a team worth watching now. If we can mix it with their midfield, with Fellaini, herrera and pogba then we may get lucky.
City are a better than Juve and snatching a win from a couple of set pieces against a Juve side who are clearly better than us isn’t really grounds for confidence.We are fecked without Pogba tbf.Oh man, just not looking forward to this at all
We don't know if he's superior yet but he showed enough in pre season that he should be part of the team and get more chances because we saw that he developed in all aspects. Fred should be part of the midfield anyway because he's strong box to box and creative as well. Imo Herrera and Matic should compete for one role and then you choose from Fred, Periera for the second role and Pogba the third when fit with Fellaini taking the impact sub role.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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36%
Anthony Martial
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6%
Victor Lindelof
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5%
David de Gea
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4%
Luke Shaw
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2%
Romelu Lukaku
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1%
Chris Smalling
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1%
Ashley Young
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1%
Nemanja Matic
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1%
Ander Herrera
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1%
Juan Mata
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
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Compiled from 362 ratings.
Score Predictions
155,221,85
- Man Utd win
- Man City win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 16% Man City 1:2 Man Utd
- 13% Man City 3:1 Man Utd
- 10% Man City 2:1 Man Utd
- 10% Man City 1:1 Man Utd
- 8% Man City 2:0 Man Utd
- 7% Man City 2:2 Man Utd
- 7% Man City 2:3 Man Utd
- 6% Man City 3:0 Man Utd
- 3% Man City 0:1 Man Utd
- 3% Man City 0:2 Man Utd
- 3% Man City 4:1 Man Utd
- 3% Man City 4:0 Man Utd
- 2% Man City 5:0 Man Utd
- 2% Man City 1:3 Man Utd
- 2% Man City 0:0 Man Utd
- 2% Man City 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% Man City 3:2 Man Utd
- 1% Man City 1:0 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 0:3 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 5:5 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 4:2 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 1:4 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 4:5 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 1:5 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 5:1 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 3:3 Man Utd
- 0% Man City 5:4 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Man City
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 65% 35%
- Shots
- 17 6
- Shots on Target
- 5 1
- Corners
- 5 1
- Fouls
- 12 12
Referee
Anthony Taylor
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Romelu Lukaku
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replaced by Juan Mata
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replaced by Alexis Sanchez
