The 29-year-old has failed to score in United’s first two Premier League fixtures of the season and looked off the pace in Friday’s 1-0 victory over Aston Villa.
During those halcyon pre-season days, when everything seemed right with the world, before real life came at Arsenal fast in the form of a vigorous West Ham, Wenger spoke about how he hoped to see more of a goal contribution from his midfielders this season. We are guilty to give...
The manager did, however, acknowledge that his side lacked defensive organisation in conceding “soft” strikes as their Barclays Premier League campaign began with defeat.
Manuel Pellegrini admits he faces a decision whether to rush Sergio Aguero back into Manchester City’s starting XI for Sunday’s clash with Premier League champions Chelsea.
Louis van Gaal claimed that De Gea turned down the chance to play for United against Spurs last weekend as he wants to leave Old Trafford for Real Madrid, but reports from the De Gea camp suggest that claim is not accurate.
Rahane thus shaded Greg Chappell, Hashan Tillakaratne, Stephen Fleming, Matthew Hayden and compatriot Yajurvindra Singh, all of whom had seven catches. Now I know how to deal with situations when something happens to me.
Sounds familiar? Manchester United aren’t thrilling or anything close to that, but they keep on winning, beating Aston Villa 1-0 through a slick Adnan Januzaj goal.
It was not only the fact that the 2014 Premier League champions failed to win a trophy last time around; it was also the manner of their league title defence that concerned the club’s hierarchy.
Raheem Sterling’s Manchester City debut was overshadowed by the old guard as Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany made the decisive contributions in an impressive 3-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Monday.