This week sees two big matches for UNITED as they attempt to continue their good start to the season. First up tonight is the trip to Parkhead for the “Battle of Britain” match against Celtic and then on Sunday comes the crunch game with Chelsea.
After three wins from three previous meetings already this year, United will be looking to make it four in a row and remain at the top of their Champions League group. Celtic however will have other ideas as they look to get their Champions League aspirations back on track in the hope of qualifying for the next round of Europe’s premier competition. After a close match at OLD TRAFFORD in September, United must be on form if they are to leave Glasgow with all three points.
Sunday brings an all together different prospect when Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea visit Old Trafford in the top of the table clash which may go a long way towards deciding the eventual winners of the Premiership. Historically, Chelsea have an excellent record at Old Trafford and will be even more fired up for this weekends match, knowing that defeat would leave them trailing United by six points with Christmas looming.
This is a match I would hope United’s players will need no motivation for but after witnessing the less than impressive home display against Arsenal I do wonder sometimes. Recent form and results have been great and we look like the United of old, scoring goals from all areas of the team and finally a defensive line up that seems to function well as a unit.
Special praise must be given to Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra who have been excellent of late, fitting in nicely along side the more experienced Gary Neville and Rio Ferdinand. This combined with the form of Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Wayne Rooney & Cristiano Ronaldo sees United in much better shape than this time twelve months ago.
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