UEFA Champions League 2017/18: Five possible shocks from the group stages

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#3 Manchester United to fall prey to familiar sides?

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It would be fair to say that Manchester United and Liverpool have been handed easy tasks, when compared to Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham. But as previously mentioned, football is never played on paper.

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Basel and Benfica were responsible for knocking United out of the competition in 2011 and CSKA Moscow had played a part in doing the same in 2015 when Louis van Gaal was in charge. While the Basel and Benfica aren't as good as they were during those times, they are always capable of pulling off upsets. And CSKA are always a tough place to go, no matter which team you are. Manchester United failed to beat them the last time they went there.

It's certainly a relatively easy group for Jose Mourinho's men, but they'd have to be vary of their tricky opponents.

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Edited by Amit Mishra
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