Archives for December 2017

With Manchester United winless in their last four, midfielder Paul Pogba has urged his teammates to “wake up” and rightly so. Pogba made the comments after an extremely dull goalless draw which saw few scoring opportunities and a thoroughly embarrassing result for the hosts at Old Trafford.

United let a team that was just one point above the relegation zone come into the Theater of Dreams and take a point. It was the third straight draw for United, and the result saw United fall from second to third place in the Premier League table.

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As Manchester United head to Everton FC, Red Devils midfielder Paul Pogba has urged his team to “wake up,” and rightly so. Three weeks ago they could have still considered themselves league title contenders. Now they’re not even a lock to make top four. United have suffered three straight draws in league play, and with the League Cup defeat preceding it, United are now winless in their last four.

The last setback, yesterday at home against Southampton, was the most embarrassing, as Saints came to Old Trafford just one point above the drop zone.

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Happy new year football fans, here’s the match injury and fitness report as Manchester United visits Everton on the very first day of 2018.  It’s a loaded one as there are many fitness and injury situations to cover. Let’s get right to it, starting with Romelu Lukaku- this was to be his first game at Everton as a member of the opposition since 2013.

That’s not going to happen now as he suffered a head injury and got stretchered off the pitch yesterday. According to Sky Sports, the Belgian will miss at least two games due to this setback.

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Manchester United just don’t have the same sizzle and pizzazz as most of the other big six teams right now. For most of the other top four contenders, you have electric, must-see players in the final third. You can’t say that about Man United, who lack creativity in attack and any element that could make them can’t miss television.

After an extremely dull goalless draw at home versus Southampton today, United will travel to Everton on New Year’s Day and then host Derby County in the FA Cup tournament on Friday.

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was very coy about it yesterday, but now we know the real reason why striker Romelu Lukaku wasn’t going to get any rest, despite the Belgian’s extreme fatigue.

Fellow striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is hurt again, and thus, Mourinho’s options beyond Lukaku are extremely limited. The United boss revealed the injury news regarding the Swede after a very dull and extremely disappointing goalless draw at home versus Southampton. United dropped points for the third league game in a row, this time against a side that was just one point above the relegation zone.

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