Against ‘inferior’ opposition, Manchester United didn’t do well recently (Aston Villa, Everton, Young Boys), and now, the ‘big boys’ are coming: Leicester, Atalanta, Liverpool, and the Red Devils must show up. They need everybody in their team to do their best, and deliver if they are called upon. Even thou he has five forwards, coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs the sixth one – Marcus Rashford. Solskjaer’s troubles in the backline – Bailly and Jones in the starting line-up?The England international has been injured for the last two months and has been recognized for his off field work. Rashford became an MBE in 2020 and this month received an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester. But Solskjaer thinks now it’s time to focus on football. “Marcus has done some remarkable and fantastic things. But now he maybe needs to prioritise his football” said the Norwegian.Clinical: @MarcusRashford 🎯Instinct: @B_Fernandes8 ⚡️Our ✌️ strikes last time out at Leicester in the #PL 💥#MUFC | #LEIMUN pic.twitter.com/FCtWI2yBwZ— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 15, 2021 Rashford will be available for the match, but won’t start, as he played 60 minutes for the reserve team. One of the forwards who is surely to start after starting on the bench for the Everton clash is Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese in the only one in real form in Manchester and the Norwegian was criticized for leaving him on the bench even by sir Alex Ferguson. “It’s not really fair on the gaffer that something like this gets broadcast. You always have opinions and you speak to people in confidence. I told my wife quite a few times that I disagreed with him but that never made headlines as a player. I’m sure Sir Alex knows that it doesn’t bother me. We all want to see Cristiano because he’s unique. But the plain fact of it is he cannot play every single game. That’s just physical nature and human nature” replied Solskjaer. Nani: ‘Sir Alex Ferguson allowed players to arrive at training drunk’Manchester coach is going on a tricky journey to Leicester without his defensive pair Varane – Maguire, who are both injured, so Baily and Lindelof are likely to start, although there is a slight chance that the captain will be able to recover. Due to World Cup qualifiers, both Fred and Cavani won’t be available, so Matic or maybe Van de Beek will step in. High-school quarrel on a higher level – Man Utd best mates Evra and Vidic refused to talk for three monthsLuckily for Manchester, their opponent is not doing well. After having a fantastic 2021 season narrowly missing the Champions League spot in the last round, Brendan Rodger’s team was preparing to continue where they left off, but that didn’t happen. Only Jamie Vardy continued to play well, while all others have failed. The Foxes are currently in the 13th place, with three defeats already and are six points of the Champions League. Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Iheanacho, Paka, Peres, they are all playing average at best. To make things worse, Leicester are crippled in defense since Fofana and Evans are injured, and new boy Vestergaard struggles against counter attacking opponents (read: Manchester United). With both teams leaking defenses, maybe we are bound to see more goals in this match. PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 8Saturday14:30: (9.00) Watford (4.90) Liverpool (1.40)17:00: (2.50) Aston Villa (3.20) Wolverhampton (3.15)17:00: (3.60) Norwich (3.25) Brighton (2.25)17:00: (1.15) Man.City (9.00) Burnley (22.0)17:00: (2.40) Southampton (3.40) Leeds (3.15)17:00: (3.45) Leicester (3.50) Man.Utd. (2.20)19:30: (6.25) Brentford (3.80) Chelsea (1.65)Sunday16:00: (2.65) Everton (3.30) West Ham (2.90)18:30: (3.60) Newcastle (3.50) Tottenham (2.15)Monday22:00: (1.70) Arsenal (3.80) Crystal Palace (5.70)
