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After 4 wins on the spin in league and cup, we’re flying and head to Outdated Trafford with the wind properly and really in our sails for our ultimate recreation of 2024.
The turnaround has been excellent – we’ve scored 14 and conceded only one in since that 4-2 defeat at Brentford earlier this month – and it appears like we’ll by no means have a greater probability to beat Man Utd at Outdated Trafford.
We’ve not taken all three factors on the ‘Theatre of Goals’ since Yohan Cabaye scored in a 1-0 victory again in 2013, which was our solely win within the crimson half of Manchester because the Premier League started. That should change.
Confidence is excessive once more, our huge weapons are at it, we’ve lastly (fingers crossed) discovered some consistency and Man Utd are there for the taking, dropping their final two residence video games to Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest earlier than dropping at Wolves on Boxing Day.
A win wouldn’t solely enhance our Champions League hopes massively and ship us 10 away from Man Utd, however set us up completely for 2 journeys to London over the subsequent week as we put together for Spurs on Saturday and our first semi-final leg on the Emirates every week tomorrow.
“It’s an incredible factor for us that we’re ending the 12 months on a excessive. This recreation is all about momentum and it’s all about confidence, it’s all in regards to the gamers believing how good they are often.
“Hopefully, we go into the brand new 12 months in a greater place with the squad. Contact wooden, it seems like we’re constructing some type of stability in it, we’re not dropping gamers as we have been final season resulting from harm with a few gamers coming again on the horizon as properly which may make us stronger, so the indicators look good.”
“For me, it’s confidence that offers you an edge. Confidence transforms gamers individually, transforms groups and I feel it’s taken us a few wins to get that again.
“When you will have it, you’ve bought to guard it and hold it in any respect prices and that, for me, will come all the way down to our focus, not getting swayed, directed anyplace else apart from the subsequent recreation. We’ve bought a possible couple of pitfalls in the best way – the January switch window, Carabao Cup semi-finals. It’s simply bought to be very quick deal with to the subsequent match now.”
Kieran Trippier is a doubt after limping off in our 3-0 win over Aston Villa, however Tino Livramento could possibly be again from the bout of sickness that saved him out on Boxing Day.
Nick Pope (knee), Callum Wilson (hamstring) and Jamaal Lascelles (ACL) stay out. It stays to be seen if Sven Botman or Emil Krafth (collarbone) can return after each have resumed coaching.
Fabian Schar and Sandro Tonali are a yellow card away from a one-match ban, though that is the ultimate recreation earlier than the punishment strikes to a two-game ban for 10 yellows.
For Man Utd, Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte are each suspended, whereas Luke Shaw and Mason Mount stay out via accidents.
(4-3-3): Dubravka – Livramento, Schar, Burn, Corridor – Bruno, Tonali, Joelinton – Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
Fairly easy actually, but when Livramento is again from being unwell I’d count on this to be the one change from our Boxing Day win over Villa.
There’s no purpose to alter what’s been a successful group and fatigue might not be an enormous issue given we spent 60 minutes of final week’s recreation enjoying in opposition to 10 males whereas successful comfortably.
Historical past suggests we not often win at Outdated Trafford within the Premier League, however our current kind, Fernandes lacking out and Ruben Amorim’s realisation that he’s inherited a multitude on and off the pitch leaves me quietly assured we’ll beat them.
Isak is on hearth, Gordon is at it once more on the left, Murphy has hit a purple patch on the fitting, our midfield steadiness has been a pleasure to look at and our again 4 seems stable once more.
Let’s hope the lads can produce as soon as once more and make it 5 from 5 to finish 2024 in excellent trend.
Prediction: Man Utd 1-2 Newcastle
Howay the lads!
