A turbulent Manchester United look to redeem themselves against a resilient Tottenham who will be looking to capitalize on United’s Vulnerable state. United are coming off of a bad week, losing to Brighton, Mino Raiola ranting, Mourinho looking unstable and the fans claim to have a special message “flone” out for Ed Woodward. Jose Mourinho will be looking to redeem himself while Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs are enjoying a 100% win percentage so far and the Spurs boss will be hoping his side can come out victorious against a wounded United team.
⚽️ @ManUtd v @SpursOfficial
🏟 Old Trafford
⌚️ 2000 BST
📲 #MUNTOT pic.twitter.com/C1GW7rpEWH— Premier League (@premierleague) August 27, 2018
Team News
Manchester United- Alexis Sanchez was out with a knock and missed the loss against Brighton, The Chile International is back to full training but is still a doubt for this game. The Injured trio of Antonio Valencia, Nemanja Matic, and Jesse Lingard have returned to full training; all three are in contention to start the game at Old Trafford.
Predicted XI: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw, Matic, Pogba, Fred, Rashford, Lukaku, Sanchez
Tottenham Hotspur- South Korean International, Heung-Min Son is is on National duty as South Korea progressed to the Quarter-Finals of the Asian Games in Jakarta. Victor Wanyama remains sidelined with a knee injury, and Juan Foyth, Cameron Carter-Vickers, and Josh Onomah remain sidelined. Harry Winks has returned to training, and Hugo Lloris is expected to start despite a recent Drunk and Driving Charge.
Predicted XI: Lloris, Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Davies, Dembele, Dier, Eriksen, Alli, Kane
Key Players
Manchester United- Paul Pogba
Paul Pogba's agent has hit back at Paul Scholes after the former @ManUtd midfielder was critical of Pogba's performance in the loss at Brighton. #KweseESPN.
Full story: https://t.co/ZUkyCg33Ty pic.twitter.com/7Tt9ndGd5D
— Kwesé Sports (@kwesesports) August 21, 2018
Pogba has been in the news for all the wrong reasons but the World Champion will and should step up against Tottenham because he is undoubtedly Manchester United’s best player.
Tottenham Hotspur- Harry Kane
Harry Kane in August in the Premier League:
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15 games, 49 shots, finally a goal. pic.twitter.com/tBdn51ikoJ
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) August 18, 2018
Harry Kane has finally scored in August! Tottenham’s star Striker is known to score a bucketful of goals and Kane will be looking to do exactly that against Manchester United.
Prediction- Manchester United 1-1 Tottenham
I’m going with a 1-1 Draw, I expect Jose Mourinho to set-up a tight defence, but you can’t keep out an efficient Spurs attack. United shouldn’t have a problem scoring considering the team have a point to prove.
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