Giggs: I will not face Manchester crowd if we lose today
Manchester United’s legendary winger, Ryan Giggs, has claimed that he would not be able to face the Manchester crowd if his team loses today against city rivals, Manchester City.
It has been tipped as the most crucial Manchester derby in the history of derbies, as the title race would solely be decided on this fixture.
It is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985’ 34th Manchester derby and the Welsh winger has claimed that it would be the most important Red and Blue derby he is ever going to play.
"You don't tend to leave the house for about a week if you lose. You don't want to lose them [derbies]. If you've lost one you'll be walking down the street and a City fan will come and let you know about it. But that's me being a local lad and living around
the area. It's got more intense over the last few years. The money that's come into City means they're up there”.
He added that Manchester derby hype has been increased in the last season since the influx of huge amount of money in Manchester City’s squad.
Giggs, who insisted that City is one of the strong title contenders, predicts that today’s derby would be an exciting and passionate encounter.
Manchester United is favourites to win the record 19th Premier League title this season, as they have been leading the table for most of the time.
The Red Devils, who are currently leading the table by four points, suffered their first defeat of the season last week, against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
However, Manchester City, who would be bidding to give Manchester United their first home defeat today, won their last match against West Bromwich Albion but still they are five points behind their local counterparts.
Barclays Premier League’s top two goalscorers of the season, Manchester United’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 and Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez, will be face to face in today’s derby match.
Ryan Giggs hailed Carlos Tevez’s performance in the season and admitted that Tevez’s quality is being missed at Old Trafford.
"Obviously when you lose quality players you're going to miss them. But at United we've lost quality players in the past and the club moves on .http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 was certainly a quality player but I'm not really still in touch with him. City are really solid as a team
but they have that bit of quality as well in Carlos, who we know a lot about”, said Giggs.
If Manchester United, which is unbeaten at Old Trafford since last season, manages to keep their unbeaten home record and gets all three points against Manchester City, it will take them eight points above the Citizens.
However, if City emerges as winners at Old Trafford, it will once again open the title race and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini’s would be in a touching distance of the league leaders Manchester United.
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