It’s that time of the week again. Time to create your own Manchester United Starting XI. The Manchester Derby kicks off tomorrow. No matter what your favorite sports book says about who is favorited in this match, United Manager Louis van Gaal believes that his side is the underdog in this one. He said so explicitly.
As always, feel free to post your Manchester United starting XI in the comments section below. And speak your mind on the formations and line-ups already presented here for your discussion.
Here’s The Sports Bank’s Manchester United starting XI
Anthony Martial
Ander Herrera Wayne Rooney Juan Mata
Morgan Schneiderlin Michael Carrick
Marcos Rojo Phil Jones Chris Smalling Matteo Darmian
David De Gea
Here’s the latest on the injury situation for the match.
The full YouTube of the whole Van Gaal media session can be found at this link. Also, at this link you can read up (in both text and in graphical format) about the Manchester Derby and it’s history, facts and figures, names and numbers.
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