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Manchester United once again showed their “Never Die” attitude after successfully coming back from a three goals down to hold Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, providing a confidence boost despite the result creates a gap again with league leader Manchester City.
Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez once again acted as the Red Devils savior as the former bagged a brace, both from the spot kick, while the latter scored the decisive equalizer, which rescued important points for Sir Alex Ferguson’s side.
Here are some highlights from the press conferences on Friday of Sir Alex Ferguson and Andre Villas-Boas ahead of the massive game on Sunday at Stamford Bridge:
Sir Alex Ferguson on Cleverly return, squad and more
AVB On Chelsea Team news v Manchester United
Crashing out in the FA Cup against their bitter rival, Liverpool, obviously left a bitter taste for Manchester United especially since they were not actually outplayed in the match but lose out due to a defensive error.
The club’s manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, was the one who voived out his disappointment and disbeliefs with the Red Devils’ failure in advancing from the competition especially since the tactician believes that his team played better than their opponent.
Having left a pretty bad mark in their latest meeting with Manchester United, Liverpool apparently wants their upcoming meeting against Sir Alex Ferguson’s side in the FA Cup returns as a memorable fixture in a footballing way.
This wish is being revealed by the Reds’ captain, Steven Gerrard, who felt that what happened in both clubs’ previous meeting have pretty much gave more negative aspect towards his team which is obviously not related with football.
Manchester United‘s 2-1 win over Arsenal at the Emirates yesterday is proving to be one really costly win. The Red Devils will be without 4 of their first team players as they won the first of 4 huge away games.
Rooney, Nani, Carrick and Jones are in danger of missing out on United’s FA Cup away fixture to Liverpool on Saturday after the quartet suffered injuries during the game.
Jones who sustained an ankle injury will know the extent of the damage suffered today when he undergoes further treatment, however, Ferguson has revealed that he could be out for a few weeks.
In the big two Sunday games in the Premier League, both Manchester City and Manchester United dealt big blows to North London rivals Spurs and Arsenal.
In the first game, Man City won a thrilling controversial 3-2 match thanks to Mario Balotelli’s injury-time penalty.
The controversy is whether Balotelli should have been on the field to score the penalty as he appeared to stamp on Scott Parker’s head. It will be interesting to see if the FA comes down and gives balotelli a three-game ban for the stamp, but that will not do Spurs any good as their title hopes ended today.
Being blamed for some of the goals that Manchester United conceded in the last few matches, David De Gea doesn’t only lost his starting spot to Anders Lindegaard but might also be asked by the club to do an eye operation.
According to the latest reports in England, the Red Devils are preparing a full-time optometrist to treat De Gea, who is actually having a problem with his vision as he always wears glasses since kids, only to replace it with contact lenses during matches.
The old saying hard work never goes unrewarded is perfectly embodied in Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Not only has he won multiple titles with United, but he is now the most successful manager in English football history since taking over United in November 1986.
It in light of this that the Glazer family are in talks with Ferguson and plan to reward him with a new contract that will make him the best paid manager in the English Premier League.
According to reports that have been released, United have offered Ferguson a £6.5 million- a- year basic contract supplemented by a £1 million bonus for a clean sweep of trophies won.
Suffering from two straight premier league defeats, Arsenal are eying to stop that negative trend when they’re facing Manchester United this weekend as picking up another defeat would be bad for their morale.
This target is being set up by the Gunners’ coach, Arsene Wenger, who insisted that his players must give their best this weekend and grab all three points against the Red Devils especially after the disappointment in their previous meeting this season.
