StephenH
David Ginola
Find it hard to get motivated for this match. Every season, playing ManU away is the match I hate most due to our poor record there. We did well to win at ManU in 2013 and 2014 but we have lost all the 4 matches there since then, conceding 6 goals and scoring none. Pochettino seems unable to lift the team every time we play at ManU despite us having good record against them at home. It will be brilliant if we can win there somehow but will accept a draw.
I think one of the reason we have e a poor record at ManU is our key players never turn up against them. It is annoying we have never scored at ManU for the past 4 seasons. That is largely due to Kane rarely scoring against them. Wish the likes of Kane, Alli and Eriksen will be at their best in this match. But I think our key player will be Lamela. Lamela is our only player who never goes hiding against any opponents. Let's hope Lamela will have a good match and help us get that much needed win against ManU.
This match will be won or lost in midfield. Our midfield seems to be affected by injury and fitness problems. We need to control the midfield to have any chance of getting a good result in this match.Wish we can have Dembele and Wanyama in midfield for this match. If Wanyama is still not fit, then we have to rely on Dier to have a error-free match.
Our defence have not been really convincing so far this season. Can see our defence being under pressure against ManU. We need to have Vertonghen, Alderweireld and Sanchez to be at their best in this match. A bit worried about Lloris due to him having been arrested for drink driving earlier. Not sure if it will affect Lloris in this match. Let's hope our defence will stop all the ManU attacks and keep a clean sheet in this match.
As always, it is going to be a tense match against ManU. After not scoring away against ManU for the last 4 seasons, it will really boost our confidence if we can score an early goal. Let's hope we will turn up with the right team and meteorology to get at least a draw against ManU in this match.
Chelsea at Stanford Bridge......every dog etc.....