The fight for the top 4 is getting very tight. We cannot afford to throw away any more points as every point is going to be valuable for us. Matches against ManU used to be impossible to win for us. But we have won our last 2 matches at ManU. In fact, we are now unbeaten against them in 5 matches. So, we should look to continue our winning run there. Afterall, they are one of our main rival for a top 4 place. It will help us greatly if we can beat them. After winning our last 2 matches there, it will be hugely disappointing if we don't win this match.
All the attention will be on Kane again. The whole world will be looking to see if Kane can continue his goal run. He has scored in his last 6 away matches in the league. It will be amazing if he can keep that run going. Afterall, he is our only consistent goal scorer now. If we want to win this match, we badly need Kane to continue his goal run. Eriksen was winning matches almost single handedly until about 2 months ago. But disappointingly he has gone off the boil in recent matches as he has not scored in 8 matches now. We badly need Eriksen scoring again. Afterall, Eriksen scored when we beat ManU last season. Hope he will score again in this match. Apart from Kane and Eriksen, Chadli have been our only consistent goal score this season. It will be nice if all 3 can score in this match.
Surely, this match will be won or lost in midfield. We need to dominate the midfield to get a good result in this match. Will prefer if we start the more experienced Dembele and Stambouli in midfield. I feel we need experience more than youth when we play big teams like ManU. But won't be surprised if Pochettino start his favoured Mason-Bentaleb partnership again. Just hope Mason and Bentaleb will have a good game. Also, will prefer Lamela to start ahead of Townsend. I think Lamela offers more goal threat for us than Townsend. Maybe Townsend can come later in the match.
Our defence have not kept a clean sheet for so long. It will be a some achievement if we can keep a clean sheet here. ManU's attack have not been good in recent matches but we cannot afford to make any silly mistakes in defence. They must be desperate to prove a point after losing to Arsenal last week. Will prefer Vertonghen and Fazio to start together. But if Pochettino does start Dier and Vertonghen, hope they will be alert all time to stop ManU. Lloris had a good match when we drew 0-0 with ManU at WHL. We need Lloris to have another good match here.
We need to beat our rival for top 4 like ManU to improve our chance to finish in top 4. It is going to be a difficult match. But we have played well in away matches. Kane has also scored in his last 6 away matches. We have beaten ManU away for the last 2 seasons. So, it will be disappointing if we don't win this match.