Here we have it – the Manchester Derby. Once again, the two titans of
the Premier League clash on Sunday as David Moyes and Manuel Pellegrini
look to continue onwards with their newly acquired clubs.
We’ve already begun to hear the fuck wits(Chelshit, Liverfools, Man Shitty and Assnal fans) who think Howard Webb will
favour the reds, but enough already? We will be at the Etihad Stadium on
Sunday afternoon, and Webb has not even officiated a derby
match since 2010 – the Carling Cup semi-final which Wayne Rooney sealed
the deal late on in the match.
Tuesday evening against Bayer Leverkusen, United comfortably took
down the German 4-2. As Rooney bagged two, Valencia and van Persie got
onto the scoresheet as well, confidence in the United camp is at a high.
Moyes even played Shinji Kagawa, now all of the nay-sayers can pipe
down and let the Scot do his job.
Granted, letting in two goals could have been avoided. Even Rio
Ferdinand added that while beginning their Champions League group stage
campaign with three points was vital, conceding two goals is
unacceptable and must be curtailed if his squad will ready themselves to
challenge for silverware.
Midweek we’ve also heard from the papers that Manchester City may
table a bid for Adnan Januzaj’s services as his contract looms in the
balance. After making an appearance, an impressive one at that, against
Crystal Palace, it would appear that United will keep hold of the
Belgian. It’s just unfortunate we’ve spent an additional £4 million on
Fellaini when we could have gotten him cheaper. Nevertheless, it would
be foolish to let one of our best young talents part to our bitter
rivals. Let’s not make the same mistake that City did with Giggs.
As for City captain Vincent Kompany, he feels that he’s in “perfect
condition” ahead of Sunday’s titan-clashing event. With a 3-0 over
Viktoria Plzen on Tuesday in the Champions League, the Belgian is raring
to have a go at his Manchester rivals. Since sitting out with a groin
injury since opening day against Newcastle, both he and the rest of his
squad seem much more aware of how tough balancing a domestic and
European schedule is.

Kompany noted “I was probably more happy than anyone else to be on
the pitch [...] It feels great. I am really happy to be back with the
guys.”
With Kompany’s return, Gael Clichy is likely to miss the match after a
thigh knock, with Aleksander Kolarov to retain the left back position.
While David Silva’s place in the starting XI is still questionable,
Pellegrini seems optimistic that the Spaniard could return to action
Sunday.
Will we have a thrilling last-gasp free kick from van Persie as Samir Nasri turned his back? Will a fans throwing of coins
at Ferdinand overshadow the match? While naturally we’re with a red
tint and it’d be nice for a nice 6-2 thrashing handed to the Citizens,
expect this first encounter to be close – very close.
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