#4 Manchester United weak at the knees
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These are the players who will not feature at this Manchester Derby. Paul Labile Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones and Juan Mata. Lose comprehensively to this makeshift United team and in this author’s opinion, it may be time to take a few players behind the barn and put them out of their misery.
According to my esteemed colleague Soumalya Moitra, the Manchester United backline for this game is going to be Valencia, Bailly, Blind and Darmian. Blind has played 165 minutes of Premier League football through March and April. Darmian has 181 in the same period. Coordination will be an issue.
With Leroy Sane slowly taking to life in the Premier League, Aguero in peak-ish form, Jesus Navas hugging the touchline and Kevin De Bruyne pulling the strings, Manchester City look like they are in a position to tear Manchester United a brand new one. Anything short of an emphatic victory should be considered a moral defeat.
Manchester City have their own defensive woes, but as long as they stay on the front foot and pass it around with pace, breaching Manchester United’s defence should not be a problem.
