Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho did his weekly weekend fixture preview press briefing last night following the 1-0 win at Celta Vigo in the UEFA Europa League semifinal. We have both the post Celta presser and the pre Arsenal presser videos for you below.
They were held at the same time, but broken up into two different portions.
Post Europa Mourinho video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skgRTVmMlos
Below via YouTube is the Arsenal preview press conference in full.
Here’s the video of what Mourinho had to say:
Match Odds:
United- 11/4 Draw- 5/2 Arsenal- evens
Prediction: Manchester United 0, Arsenal 0
While United will sit their stars, and be without numerous injured players, I still think will do enough to grind out a point at the Emirates. Fifth place United do not need to find a way to get all three points from this fixture in order to stay in the top four race, given what Mourinho just said about the Swansea City result being their last opportunity to realize that cause.
The sixth place Gunners need it more, but I have a feeling we’ll see a hyper-pragmatic, perhaps even ugly approach to this one (a la the Manchester derby) and an aesthetically displeasing final result. Here is a link to the latest top four odds for all of the remaining contenders.
We’ll have the links to the Man United injury report and Man United starting XI prediction up here soon.
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