EPL - Manchester United vs Portsmouth - Apr 22
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Manchester United vs Portsmouth Wednesday, 22 April 2009Channel 27: 3:00 am "Live" (Thur Morning)EPL : Game : 32Manchester United :
Van Der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea, Evans, Evra, Gibson, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Park, Possebon, Giggs, Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney, Nani, Anderson, Berbatov, Macheda, Welbeck.
Portsmouth:
James, Kaboul, Pennant, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Johnson, Davis, Mullins, Nugent, Kanu, Belhadj, Crouch, Begovic, Pamarot, Utaka, Hughes.
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If Liverpool win Arsenal, Man Utd need to beat Portsmouth.
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now that Man Utd is out of fa cup, would need to beat Portsmouth in midweek. All those that didnt play in the everton match would all come back to play. should be a routine win, as it is at Old Trafford. Hope Arsenal can draw Liverpool at Anfield, but they are tired after saturday's match against chelsea. Arsenal are also without Gallas and Almunia, worrying signs for Arsenal.
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Fletcher fit for Pompey battle
Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed Darren Fletcher will return for Manchester United's game against Portsmouth on Wednesday.
Fletcher has missed United's last three matches with a minor injury and was one of several players left behind in Manchester for Sunday's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Everton.
United welcome Pompey to Old Trafford in midweek in the Premier League and Scotland international Fletcher will be back in the squad.
However, Ferguson revealed fellow midfielder Michael Carrick is struggling to shake off a minor complaint in order to take his place in the team.
"We left quite a few players back in Manchester and they'll all be ready for Wednesday," Ferguson told MUTV.
"Darren Fletcher will be fit, for example, but maybe Michael Carrick is the one we'll have to assess a bit more, he could be a close call."
Wayne Rooney will return after Ferguson dismissed reports that the striker had suffered a metatarsal injury in last week's UEFA Champions League win at Porto.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Edwin van der Sar, John O'Shea and Ryan Giggs could also come back into the United starting line-up against Pompey after not being involved at Wembley.
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Brown on comeback trail for Manchester United
Wes Brown. Out since November but coming back.
Wes Brown has given Manchester United another fitness boost by coming through an hour of his comeback game against Preston at Deepdale.Sidelined since November with a foot injury, the England international is keen to play some part in a hectic end to the season and manager Sir Alex Ferguson will be delighted to learn of his contribution to a 4-0 Lancashire Senior Cup win.While Wednesday's Premier League clash with Portsmouth is likely to come much too soon for Brown given the length of time he has been out of action, Ferguson will waste no time in bringing him back into the first-team fold.
Meanwhile, Ferguson has confirmed Darren Fletcher will be fit when United resume their title challenge, having missed the last two games with a minor hamstring problem.
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Good news, Rooney is back for this match. Ronaldo, Rooney, Carrick, Brown, VDS are back, it should be business as usual, ie 3 points. Anything other than that is a disaster, if Liverpool were to beat Arsenal tonight.
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Gd for Mu to have a few good day rest .
Also gd that Liverpool vs Arsenal on Wednesday morning .
A lost for Liverpool , less stress to play Pompey .
A win for Liverpool , the stress will be more than just one point .
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whether Rooney coming back or not , to Liverpool , makes no diff , every game for us it's like a Cup Final .
Our last 6 matches ... all a must win .
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One English pundit has actually claimed ..... it's a Liverpool's title .
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Originally posted by Poolman:
whether Rooney coming back or not , to Liverpool , makes no diff , every game for us it's like a Cup Final .
Our last 6 matches ... all a must win .
the two teams not playing each other, so won't affect each other.
both team will be playing arsenal though, so how arsenal perform against either team will be crucial. If Arsenal played weakly against liverpool but strongly against man u, than man U is screwed. same the other way round.
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From the looks of it now.. Liverpool is stronger than Arsenal..
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Liver-Ars 4-4.. nice.. got chance for us to extend lead.
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lol. Man Utd has three crucial games against Arsenal.
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now that ArseAnal has drawn with Liverpool..i guess it's time for Man Utd to just finish it la...Just dun play berbacock and that welbeck can le..
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MAN UTD TO GET ALL 3POINTS AND SEND LIVERPOOL FOR EARLY HOLIDAY!HAHAHAHHAHA.POOLMAN,U THINK LIVERPOOL WILL WIN THEIR NEXT 6 MATCHES???LIKE ALL LIVERPOOL FANS WHO DREAM OF 1ST LEAGUE TITLE,KEEP DREAMING
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Originally posted by Jffdevil:
MAN UTD TO GET ALL 3POINTS AND SEND LIVERPOOL FOR EARLY HOLIDAY!HAHAHAHHAHA.POOLMAN,U THINK LIVERPOOL WILL WIN THEIR NEXT 6 MATCHES???LIKE ALL LIVERPOOL FANS WHO DREAM OF 1ST LEAGUE TITLE,KEEP DREAMING
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Originally posted by Makanyhow:
lol. Man Utd has three crucial games against Arsenal.
Take away Arshavin from 2 of those 3... That is still quite a good deal... -
arsenal tends to be stronger when playing against strong teams...
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well done arsenal.
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I woke up to pee, then switch on tv to watch last few mins of injury time. I can't believed my eyes when I saw the scoreline at 4-3 to Arsenal. A couple of mins later, Liverpool scored to make it 4-4 and it was trying to win the match by scoring 1 more goal, but there wasnt any time for it. Damn, I cant believe it when there were no Arsenal defenders defending, all nowhere to be found when they concede the last goal. Damn Liverpool was let off, a defeat will be hard to take for them to carry on the momentum.
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My starting 11 tonight:
1. Edwin VDS
2. Evra
3. Vidic
4. Ferdinand
5. O'shea
6. Giggs
7. Carrick
8. Fletcher
9. Ronaldo
10. Rooney
11. Berbatov
3 substitutes who will come on during the match for me is...
1. Nani for Giggs
2. Scholes for Fletcher
3. Tevez for Berbatov
I guessing United to win 3-0, scorers as follows
1. Ronaldo
2. Tevez
3. Nani
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Man Utd: Van der Sar, Neville, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Fletcher, Scholes, Anderson, Giggs, Ronaldo, Rooney.
Subs: Kuszczak, Berbatov, Carrick, Nani, Rafael Da Silva, O'Shea, Tevez.
Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Davis, Mullins, Hughes, Belhadj, Nugent, Crouch.
Subs: Begovic, Pennant, Pamarot, Utaka, Cranie, Kanu, Basinas.
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so many missed chances, could be 2,3 or 4 goals ahead if more clinical.
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Rooney made it 1-0.
Half Time now. -
carrick with the winner 2-0.
comfortable game. i say the gamble for the fa cup didnt pay off.
well, we could just end that game in different ways but i think if we were to give up one, it would be a good one to lose simply because liverpool isnt in contention. =D