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Manchester United 2:1 Leicester City

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Fri, 10 August 2018 @ 8:00pm BST
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    We're gonna win:drool:

    Excited, regardless of the shitty preseason.
     
    Wow, surprised Pogba starts. Thought he needed a bit more time. Great to see though. Think we have a good chance now.
     
    SwansonsTache said:
    Our defence :nervous:
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    To be fair it's nice to see Mourinho taking a risk with Lindelöf-Bailly-Pereira as defensive block in the middle. Reminds me of those first few 4-0s where we played Pogba and Matic more or less in a two.

    Let's hope Pogba doesn't get demoted once Smalling or Valencia are back in the lineup. As we saw at the World Cup he is a real leader.
     
    feck it. Good side although full backs obviously a concern. Ignore all the drama, am pumped for this!
     

    Pogback

    Pogba back in the starting XI for our first game of the season and made captain to boot. The 'stories' over the summer have been about how Pogba is desperate to leave with Barcelona supposedly interested but Mourinho rubbished any notion of Pogba not being happy in yesterday's press conference:

    "He arrived on Monday, happy, proud, with desire to work. He worked amazingly well on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. He's one of the players I need to speak to to see how physically and mentally strong he feels. It's the same conversation that I'm going to have with Young, Fellaini, Lingard to know how they feel to try to give us the help. If they feel they can help us, if it's 20 minutes, 10 minutes, half an hour. We don't have many solutions and we want to go with everything we have. The way I see Paul is well, is very well, but we need the words with that small group to see if they can give us a hand. It's an important match tomorrow. Every point is important. We have to try the best with every player."

    Herrera's injury might have forced Mourinho's hand a bit with the selection but starting Pogba is a sign of intent for this game.

    Midfield three

    A complaint last season was how 4231 was the common formation in use with Matic and Pogba in a double pivot. Signing Fred has switched us to a midfield three for this season and our first midfield of the season looks an exciting, positive one with Pereira, Fred and Pogba.
    #Pogback? That's a surprise.
    Bailly and Lindelof should be interesting.
    Delighted to see Pereira start
    Midfield could be a delight as all of them are good on the ball.
    Attack is as expected.

    Let's smash them. Go United!
     
    RedDevilRoshi said:
    Just wondering, is Lingard injured?

    Thought he would at least be on the bench.
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    Jose said he informed him he wasn't ready. Lukaku said he'd be able to come on from the bench. Pogba stepped up to start, which Jose praised. Very positive in the pre-match interview.
     
    I must admit that I had a bit of a negative view of the upcoming season after the underwhelming friendlies and lack of transfers, but that's somehow all gone now when we're this close to kick-off! Love to see Pogba starting and hopefully the front 6 can produce a little bit of magic together, it looks interesting on paper at least.
     
    Watch out for Leicester's James Madisson - looks a good player from what I’ve seen of him (not much but I can usually spot a player within minutes)
     
    I like that line up. Hopefully they can perform to what they're capable of!
     
    Zlaatan said:
    I must admit that I had a bit of a negative view of the upcoming season after the underwhelming friendlies and lack of transfers, but that's somehow all gone now when we're this close to kick-off! Love to see Pogba starting and hopefully the front 6 can produce a little bit of magic together, it looks interesting on paper at least.
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    On point to my sentiments.
     
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Score Predictions

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  • Man Utd win
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Detailed Results

  • 27% Man Utd 2:0 Leicester
  • 15% Man Utd 1:0 Leicester
  • 14% Man Utd 2:1 Leicester
  • 10% Man Utd 1:1 Leicester
  • 8% Man Utd 3:0 Leicester
  • 7% Man Utd 0:0 Leicester
  • 6% Man Utd 3:1 Leicester
  • 3% Man Utd 4:0 Leicester
  • 2% Man Utd 1:2 Leicester
  • 2% Man Utd 0:2 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 0:1 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 0:5 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 4:1 Leicester
  • 1% Man Utd 1:3 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 5:1 Leicester
  • 0% Man Utd 4:2 Leicester
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  1. Man Utd
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Possession
46% 54%
Shots
8 13
Shots on Target
6 4
Corners
2 5
Fouls
11 8

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