Manchester United v. Manchester City - Preview


By David Hobbs
November 6 2004

Manchester United will lock horns with rivals Manchester City on Sunday at fortress Old Trafford as The Red Devils will be looking to compliment Wednesday's 4-1 victory in Europe with a win against the City rivals. Manchester City haven't beaten Manchester counterparts United away in 30 years. Hobbs in Trouble

Manchester United v. Manchester City - Preview

Manchester United will lock horns with rivals Manchester City on Sunday at fortress Old Trafford as The Red Devils will be looking to compliment Wednesday's 4-1 victory in Europe with a win against the City rivals.

Manchester City haven't beaten Manchester counterparts United in 30 years in The Theatre of Dreams but Kevin Keegan and his side would love it if they were to beat them!

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed he isn't looking for something special from his United side but just to claim a vital 3 points, saying: "Getting the three points is the most important aspect of the game."

"Sometimes in derby games you're happy just to scrape through and if we were to win 1-0 I would be delighted." he added.

The Blue Half of Manchester were jumping in jubilation in March following their 4-1 thumping of The Reds at The City of Manchester Stadium last March. Under-fire United skipper Roy Keane has admitted United need to put their distractions behind them and get a result. "That's history; when you win a game you move on and when you lose a game you have to move on." said Keane.

City have earned themselves a spot in 12th position of the English Premiership after a decent run of form whilst United canceled out their hard-fought Arsenal victory by dropping points at Pompey, laying in 7th.

Wes Brown, who's recently penned a new deal, is set to continue a centre-half partnership with Rio Ferdinand as Mikael Silvestre is struggling with a virus.

4-goal hero from midweek Ruud van Nistelrooy is still suspended, meaning there are 2 attacking slots available for either Louis Saha, Wayne Rooney or Alan Smith.

City are set to hand a big-starting role to promising young Irishman Willo Flood. The Dubliner has already 2 goals to his Manchester City name, scoring in both the league and Carling Cup.

Claudio Reyna, Trevor Sinclair, Joey Barton, Sun Jihai and Ben Thatcher will definately miss the Old Trafford clash with inury.

ManUtdWeb Prediction: Manchester United 1 - 0 Manchester City - Like Sir Alex Ferguson, I'd be thrilled with a 1-0 win. We need to put a good run of form together (that hopefully started on Wednesday) to carry momentum into up-and-coming games. CMON United!

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