Tough fixtures for Manchester United in the 2010-2011 English Premier League schedule
The English Premier League champions Manchester United kick off their title http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904 by travelling to the Hawthorns stadium on Saturday 13th of August 2011 when they play Roy Hodgson’s West Bromwich Albion.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s men won last time around at the Hawthorns stadium thanks to Wayne Rooney’s return to goal scoring action in the 2010-2011 season. However Sir Alex Ferguson will be wary of his team’s away from in the upcoming season as Manchester United were particularly weak on their travels in their title winning campaign.
Another thing that would have caught Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752’s attention will be the fact that Manchester United scheduled to play most of the big guns at the start of the season. Manchester United host Arsenal at Old Trafford on Saturday 27th of August, 2011. In this corresponding fixture in the 2010-2011 season, Manchester United ran out as eventual winners thanks to a goal by Park Ji Sung in the first half of the match.
Soon after playing Arsenal at Old Trafford, Manchester United are scheduled to face off against Chelsea at Old Trafford on Saturday 17th of September. Chelsea last visited Old Trafford near the end of the 2010-2011 season and suffered a morale deflating 2-1 defeat at the hands of Sir Alex’s win. The Blues are currently without a club manager as well as in the aftermath of their 2nd place finish in the 2010-2011 Premier League season, Carlo Ancelotti was dismissed from the club manager’s post at Stamford Bridge.
After hosting Chelsea in the middle of September, Manchester United travel away to Anfield in order to face Liverpool on Saturday 15th of October. It will be a testing fixture for the Red Devils as they lost at Anfield in the English Premier League in the 2010-2011 season by three goals to one thanks to a wonderful strike by Luis Suarez for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736.
In the second half of the season, Manchester United travel to London on Saturday 21st of January, 2012 when they are scheduled to face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 on the very next weekend at Stamford Bridge on Saturday 4th of February, 2012. United’s woeful away form in the 2010-2011 season meant that they lost this fixture too by two goals one after Wayne Rooney had given them the lead in the first half.
On 11th of February, 2012 after facing off against Chelsea, the Red Devils are scheduled to host the North http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 hatrick last time around in the 2010-2011 Premier League season. Manchester United conclude their season with an away trip to the Eastlands stadium on 28th of April 2012 when they encounter their noisy neighbours, Manchester City in what is expected to be a season defining encounter for both the Manchester clubs.
It should be kept in mind that these fixtures are subject to change with notice from the English Premier League authorities given the amount of Cup football and European football throughout the course of the season.
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