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All the possible ways United can get Champions League football.

Premier League

The race for Premier League top 4 has never been this exciting.

Leicester’s loss against Spurs on Sunday have made it easier for the Red Devils to move above them with a draw/win with their game in hand against WHU.

Chelsea are ahead by a point with a game in Hand against Liverpool. But I doubt Liverpool will like it if their rivals end up playing CL football. So we can really not expect any favours from them.

The best ending for the Red Devil’s will be a victory in both their remaining games but if they fail to do so? Then here is the second best ending for them.

Maguire gets tackled by Jack Wilshere of WHU.

Top 4 possibilities
If we remove City and Liverpool from the picture (since they have already qualified for the CL) we are left with:

Chelsea are 3rd with a 1 point lead- they have to play Liverpool and Wolves.

Leicester City are in 4th place level on points with Manchester United (having played a game more), they have Manchester United to play on the final day.

Manchester United are in 5th level with Leicester City- Have a game in hand- they play West Ham and Leicester City.

Leicester Lost 3-0 against Spurs.

Since Leicester City lost against Spurs with a 3 goal margin, they have opened the opportunity for United to grab the 4th spot.

If United win with a margin of 3 goals against West Ham today they can secure the 4th spot with just a draw against Leicester City and shouldn’t lose by a 1 goal margin on the final day to stay ahead on goal difference.

And the best case will be If Chelsea lose to Liverpool tonight and United beat WHU, Ole’s men can jump up to the 3rd spot with 2 points lead if Chelsea fail to win.

So even if United draw against Leicester they can secure the Champions League spot.

United lost 0-2 to West Ham the last time teams clashed.

United are guaranteed to finish in the top 4 if they pick up 2 points from their remaining 2 games and if they pick up 3 points by beating WHU and losing to Leicester, they could still miss out on top 4

It means that if United get 2 points that means that they will draw against WHU and LC (with a total of 64points)

And if they get 3 points, win against WHU and lose against LC then they will finish with 65 total points, but since LC will win against them they will get 3 points with the total of 65 points which will level with Man Utd but they will be ahead of goal difference.

Arsenal lost 0-1 against Aston Villa.

Fun fact:
After Arsenal lost to Aston Villa the highest Points tally they can get is 56 points.
That’s 8 points lower than we got under David Moyes.

What are your predictions for tonight’s game?
Do you think Liverpool will let Chelsea win?
Comment down your reviews.

Game of the month: Liverpool vs Man United.

Premier League

We have been waiting for the best game of the season. considering the bad run United fans will only hope for the best against their bitter rivals Liverpool. The big fierce north-west rivals will face each other on Sunday. Liverpool who is sitting at the top of the Premier League table Leaped past the other Manchester team after their 4-0 win against Bournemouth but what United fans will see is the Scousers haven’t won at home in the Premier League against Man United since 2013. But considering the current form, Klopp’s men will be eager to grab all three points to hold their place on the top of the table.

The Red Devils are way off behind their rivals with 16 points away from the first place. United have struggled this season since the start where they were on the 14th position on the PL table but broke into top 6 after a 4-1 win against Fulham. The Red Devils will have to strengthen their defences for Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane who pose a great aerial threat and also mettle with attacking qualities to be in the game equally.

United fans will not be confident of a win but will hope for a decent play against Klopp’s unbeaten side.

Salah vs Lukaku

Salah has been consistent with his form since last season where he scored 10 goals in 16 games with Lukaku having almost same stats but this season Lukaku has had difficulty scoring goals, in 15 games he has scored only 6 goals with just 28 shots on goal (20 fewer than Salah). Salah has also created more chances (33) 2o more than Lukaku.

Mane vs Martial

Martial has managed to be consistent in spite of being in and out of the team with 7 goals in just 9 starts with an average of one goal every 112 minutes far better than Mane who has an average of 196 minutes. Liverpool’s Mane is best of his team attack but Martial has still managed to dwarf him by 38.9% conversion rate against Mane’s 18.2%.

Injury update. 

Most of the alterations against Valencia was forced only two players did not travel due to being handed a rest- DDG and Matic who are likely to return on Sunday. Rojo was taken off due to an unspecified problem and is also unlikely to play against Liverpool. Jose hinted that Young, Lingard and Rashford would all come into starting line-up on Sunday. Smalling, Lindelof, Martial and Darmian are all injured and unsure about the upcoming game.

Manager’s Words

“I don’t know what to say to you. I don’t want to analyse anything. I think we got two positive results in Liverpool last season. We beat them at home, we didn’t lose any match against them in four I think, but that was past. So, Sunday has nothing to do with what happened in the past. The next natch is the one that is important”.

We will fight for the victory.

“I’m going to try. I’m going to try. I always try and I want to play a team that is capable to be with me in that desire and on that ambition and on that confidence. We know that we are going to play against the leader, we are going to play against a team on a high, but we have our qualities, we have our potential”.

Will United break Liverpool’s unbeaten run? or struggle with the poor form? Hope to see better and stronger United on Sunday. Fingers crossed.