Arsenal the jinx of Manutd?
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With Champions league matches and a premierleague match to play with Man Utd, will arsenal become their jinx? Will they change their dreamlike season to a hell? Will they help liverpool to the title and stop them from retaining their champions league crown? Open for all to discuss...
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my take will be
arsenal vs barcelona -
Its highly possible, Arsenal are in good form.
If i'm not wrong, they've gone unbeaten for about half a season already, until Chelsea beat them in the FA Cup.
but their squad is kinda thin now, alot of injuries.
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Arsenal vs Chelsea for CL final
And with Man Utd have a 3 point cushion even lost a match to Arsenal will not really dent Man Utd hope.
The pressure is on Liverpool.
They need to win all remaining matches to have a realistic chnances of winning their first EPL
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Originally posted by limpper:
my take will be
arsenal vs barcelona
Odds are high...if that's really the case, I'll go for arsenal. -
There are only 2 games in which Man U might potentially lose or draw in the league.
Against Tottenham and Arsenal.
At this moment, I think they can afford to drop points against these 2 teams and still win the league.
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i think ucl finals would be Man U vs barcelona
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All I can say is that the best teams deserved to be in the finals. Now say so much also no use, have to see their performance on the day of the match and the return leg.
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well, we are like soccer pundits mah, we always like to give our opinions about this and that.
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that means match predictions are usually inaccurate, cos it usually involve the favourites. if Man Utd vs Bolton at Old Trafford and Bolton win, I am sure most punters would get this wrong, including myself. Who would give Bolton a chance at Old Trafford.
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Lolx
U gt see be4 Arsenal VS Liverpool 3to4 Matchs in two weeks?
I predict
Arsenal VS Chelsea
or
Man Utd VS Chelsea
or
Barcelona VS Man Utd
or
Arsenal VS Barcelona -
Wenger plotting United downfall
Arsene Wenger has studied Manchester United at their best and worst this season in order to plot the downfall of the Champions League holders.
The Gunners head to Old Trafford for Wednesday night's semi-final first leg having rediscovered some consistency which pushed them back into the top four of the Premier League.
However, Wenger's plans have been hit by injuries, first to the regular backline - although goalkeeper Manuel Almunia is expected to be fit to face United - and now leading scorer Robin van Persie is sidelined by a niggling groin problem.
Nevertheless, Arsenal, who cannot field the ineligible Russian playmaker Andrey Arshavin in Europe, still have the personnel to cause any side problems - as Villarreal found out to their cost in the last round.
Captain Cesc Fabregas has been deployed in a more advanced role for the Champions League games, giving support to marauding wingers Theo Walcott and Samir Nasri, while backed up by midfielder enforcers Denilson and Alex Song.
Wenger, however, knows his tactics must be spot on if they are to "annihilate" the potent attacking threat an in-form United side can be.
"We do not necessarily change our formation depending on who we are playing that day. We simply try to find the best way to express our own qualities, while also trying to annihilate the strong points of the other team," Wenger said in the May edition of the official Arsenal magazine.
"So it is a compromise. We look for a shape where we can express our strong points, as well as stopping theirs.
"When we scout the opposition we watch tapes of them losing and winning.
"We watch them scoring and conceding goals, so we try to exploit the weaknesses they have, which every team has."
Wenger, though, maintains: "Nothing is permanent.
"We always look for the best solution.
"No formation can ever solve all the problems, but you always try to find the system which suits your players the best and that gets the best out of your qualities.
"So I would never say that it is for definite that we will also use this system."
Wenger knows possession, and making the most of it, will be key to Arsenal's chances of taking an advantage back to Emirates.
"The technical level is so high in the Champions League, so it is important not to lose the battle in midfield. You have to be defensively sound as well," said Wenger, whose side beat United in the Premier League at Emirates earlier this season through a brace from Nasri.
"Most of the time in recent years we have played this formation in Europe because you need to have a good engine and not be outnumbered in the park.
"The best players in the world play in England now, so that is why the quality is so high."
Given the loss of William Gallas to a knee injury for the remainder of the campaign, veteran defender Mikael Silvestre has found himself handed a run in the side.
The 31-year-old Frenchman, signed by Wenger in the summer, was part of the United squad which lifted the European Cup following a penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea in Moscow last May.
After spending some nine seasons at Old Trafford, Silvestre is relishing the chance to go up against his old club.
"I still have got a lot of friends (at United), but it is part of the competition," said Silvestre.
"You go to a match and you want to fight, no matter you play against, even if it is your best friend in front of you.
"When you have to tackle, to win the ball, when you have to play the challenges, you fight for your club and you forget everything else."
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looks like man u is unstoppable at the moment, 5-2 for spurs