Manchester United vs. Tottenham Hotspur preview, English Premier League
Manchester United prepare to host Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford tonight in a late Premier League fixture. The Premier League champions had a tough start to the season against West Bromwich Albion in the opening fixture of the new season. Despite a tough
opposition, the Red Devils managed a 2-1 win and will be looking to continue their winning start against the Spurs.
Tottenham Hotspur will be playing their first game of the season, since their opening clash against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 at White Hart Lane was postponed due to the disturbances in London at that time. The Spurs have featured in the UEFA Europa League though, against
Scottish outfit Hearts in the second tier European competition play-off, registering a convincing 5-0 win.
Manchester United boss Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson said he hoped his side didn’t win by a controversial goal against the Spurs. His comments came after the win over West Brom, where a controversial goal by winger Nani awarded United a win. Nani added to skipper Nemanja
Vidic’s goal to save his side the embarrassment of losing to West Brom on the opening day of the season.
Ferguson said in an interview:
“For the sake of Harry Redknapp’s health I hope we can avoid the kind of controversial goal that last season had him jumping up and down in rage and frustration.”
Team news
Manchester United
Despite the young Manchester United goalkeeper having gotten off to a shaky start, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 de Gea is expected to start against Tottenham Hotspur in what will be his first Premier League game at Old Trafford. The young Spaniard will be looking to put his disappointing
start behind him as he prepares to take on Tottenham Hotspur.
Manchester United have defensive problems, with the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173 and Vidic out with injury. Rafael is also said be out, which means Chris Smalling will get a start alongside Jonny Evans and Jones. However, Ferguson will be pleased with the news
that Patrice Evra has made himself available after returning from injury.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 will get a start against his former side Tottenham Hotspur. The Manchester
United boss revealed he was looking forward to seeing Welbeck partner Rooney, with the pair having done brilliantly in pre-season.
“It’s interesting to see how he is combining with [Danny] Welbeck at the moment. Both have done very well together.”
Tottenham Hotspur
Benoit Assou-Ekotto, the Tottenham Hotspur full-back, who is expected to start today, said he was not planning to take the clash against Manchester United lightly. The 27-year-old revealed he was aware of the class and quality the Red Devils possessed, which
made them a threat even when some of their key players were missing.
Assou-Ekotto said:
“The problem with Manchester United is even when they miss key players or when they don’t play well they are still good.”
Meanwhile, Redknapp has confirmed that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luka-Modric-c22857 will not be featuring in the clash against Manchester United, because despite an injury, the Croatian midfielder’s head was not in the right place. That is probably the Spurs manager’s way of saying Modric
is close to a move to London rivals Chelsea, who are expected to make a third bid for the midfielder in the upcoming days.
Redknapp said while speaking to reporters:
“He’s got a little bit of an injury. There’s a possibility he could have played through it, but at the moment his head is not in the right place.”
Along with Modric, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Niko-Kranjcar-c27926,
Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale against United, with the three of them having performed well against Hearts in mid-week.
Possible line-ups
Manchester United
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736.
Tottenham Hotspur
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jermain-Defoe-c18359.
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