Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs ready for the kickoff time

In the English Premier League Manchester United meets Tottenham Hotspur in the most anticipated game of the week Monday at Old Trafford. Powerhouse Red Devils will have a chance to win two out of two games as they continue to stay on top of the table.

Manchester United is hard to beat playing at home winning 18 of 19 games in the past season the eventually provided them the huge advantage of winning the title in the Premier League.

In their opening game, Manchester United played solidly to signal their title defense when they defeated West Bromwich Albion, 2-1. Man United offensively attacked West Bromwich Albion as their star Wayne Rooney connected a goal early in the game. It seemed that the game would go easily for Manchester United but West Brom made a great play through Shane Long.

When the game was tied, Manchester United tried to shake the game by playing aggressively in both sides of the floor. Defensively, they tightened the defense with such intensity while they made shots on the goal. It took a long time for Manchester United to score. At the 81st minute, Man Utd went on with full force offense as Ashley Young got into the box and took the goal winning shot.

The victory created an early advantage for Manchester United as they got three points for that first win. However, Manchester United was not that enough happy with the win because two of their players were injured in taht game. Nemanja Vidic left the game and will miss at least four weeks because of calf muscle injury. To extend the problem, Rio Ferdinand. will miss at at least a weak because of hamstring strain. It will be a great loss for the Manchester United that the team needs to fill up the gap vacated by those players.

Another player that Manchester United will surely miss is Rafael who will be out for at least 10 weeks because of the shoulder injury he suffered in training. Rafael is one of the important players for Manchester United that they will need in the future to keep their defense stronger.

For the players who will be doubtful to play, Darren Fletcher will not be around though he played in the reserves match. Meanwhile, Antonio Valencia still is recovering from ankle injury. Moreover, Javier Hernandez will still be out in this game but he might be playing the next game.

Because of these injuries, Manager Sir Alex Ferguson will have a tough night picking up the right player to insert into the positions. According to his press conference, he will be placing Chris Smalling, Johnny Evans, and Phil Jones as starters. With all the attention on the high caliber injured players, he will start Patrice Evra on Monday’s game.

Manchester United needs to play tougher defense to win this game at the Theater of Dreams. To be overconfident against Tottenham Hotspur must not be entertained into their minds. Will they win convincingly?

On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur has the rosters that can create problems for Manchester United. Spurs have the offensive game that can trounce the defense of the Red Devils. Most assuredly, the Spurs game against Hearts in the Europa League indicates that the team has the offense to make all the surprises in tonight’s game. Yes, they beat Hearts in a 5-0 victory that created the attention of Manchester United.

Tottenham Hotspur can exploit the Manchester United’s weakness which is the back line. Spurs can place all their concentration on that offensive side in attacking the United. Historically, Spurs playing in the Old Trafford will never give them any advantage because they haven’t win in this place since 1989.

Tottenham Hotspur will be playing without the presence of Luka Modric with the groin problem he aggravated against Hearts. Furthermore, according to Harry Redknapp, Modric will not be playing because his head is not in the right place. Though Modric is one of the vital players in the Spurs rosters.

One of the ways that Spurs can win this game is through their defense. If they can use the same strategy that they applied against Hearts, they will have a chance to stop the offense of Manchester United.

Manchester United vs Spurs will be a game to watch because the defending champion will be playing with renewed intensity while Tottenham Hotspur will show to the world that they can be a contender.

Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur kickoff time is at 20:00 BST. We will provide you the Manchester United vs Spurs scores right after the game. Can the Spurs duplicate their game against the Hearts? Absolutely not, but they can pull off an upset.

Updated: Manchester United 3, Tottenham Hotspur 0