Manchester united will host city rivals Manchester City in the 170th Manchester derby on Sunday.
Apart from being a derby, it's a match that will give an edge to whosoever wins, in terms of the title challenge.
Both teams seem to be missing the services of key players due to injury, but City looks like the team affected the most.
Apart from being a derby, it's a match that will give an edge to whosoever wins, in terms of the title challenge.
Both teams seem to be missing the services of key players due to injury, but City looks like the team affected the most.
Home side United will be missing three players. Luke Shaw and Paddy McNair are the long term absentees from the Old Trafford side, and both will miss the match. Ashley Young is back in training but will not be in contention for a place in the team, Van Gaal has revealed.
Manchester City on their part will be missing several key player. Top among them is Striker Sergio Aguero, and attacking midfielder David Silva. Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy and Fabian Delph are all out with injuries. According to a tweet from the Club's official twitter handle: PELLEGRINI: “Silva, Aguero, Nasri, Delph and Clichy will miss the derby. Maybe next week one or
two of them can start working with the team.”
There are still questions over the availability of captain Vincent Kompany. The Belgian has been out of the team's starting eleven for the last two matches.
Though he was brought in as a sub in the Sevilla clash. Manager Pellegrini cannot guarantee him a place in the starting XI against United. The manger said: “I don’t have any problem with Vincent Kompany. I need every week to choose the XI that I think is the best for that game and when the others play they must wait, exactly the same for the players of the squad. “I think that after one month or five weeks without playing and without training you must be fit and you are
not ready to play an important game. It’s important to work some days before he returns to the team.”
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