United away - pre-match thread

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Apart from blind 3 of there back 4 will be dragged all over the place if we are allowed a lot of ball in front of there box! Our quick interplays and one twos will have them in a spin! Hoping for a strong ref as I expect us to be in behind them a lot which could lead to penalties and yellow an red cards! Expect them to set up with a 4-5-1 probaly using rashford and martial/lingard as wingers on the break!
 
I suspect this game may come a little too early for us, and we could lose by a couple.

Make no mistake, this is bigger than the recent FA Cup Final for them, an opportunity to lay down a marker in front of a giddy crowd and a thirst to try and fool the wider watching public that not only are they relevant again, but that they also got the better manager.

Mourinho is a front-runner, always has been. He knows it could continue the mental facade in his squad they can go on to win the title this season.

The tactics will be there for all to see, sit in, defend the line of the 18-yard area, cut out our crossing (just like Chelsea used to) and go long and quick into Ibrahimovic, trying to do us in the air and at set-pieces.

We defended brilliantly there last season and will need to do so again.

We could well lose the battle, but fancy us to win the war, once we hit our straps.

Fine margins and all that, and the one thing we can be certain of, Pep will have our tactics and approach spot on. Everything else is down to fine margins.
Disagree completely with this. We'll take the 3 points.
 
Games like this is about taking your chances we take ours we win simple but like against West Ham we didnt and nearly come cost us.
 
I'd go with:

Bravo
Sagna - Otamendi - Kolarov - Clichy
Gundogan - Fernandinho
De Bruyne - Silva - Sterling
Nolito/Kelechi

Caballero, Zabaleta, Stones, Kompany, Fernando, Navas, Kelechi/Nolito

Alright, we've not played 4-2-3-1 before under Pep, but I think we'll need to do it to nullify Pogba. If Kolarov and Fernandinho perform to the best of their abilities, we'll win the game.
 
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