CAN STRUGGLING SAINTS TAME RESURRECTED RED DEVILS AT ST MARYS? In-form Man Utd travel to face Emmanuel Mayukas Southampton tonight. A fifth consecutive victory will lift the resurgent Red Devils up to third place. Southampton have suffered only one home defeat this season-against champions Man City but have not beaten Manchester United in their last 6 meetings. The Red Devils winning four and two draws. The Saints are on their worst run of the season picking up only one point from a possible nine including back to back defeats to City and Arsenal. An interesting sub-plot to the match starting 22 00 hours (CAT) is that Dutch managers of the two teams have not been on talking terms for the last 10 years. Louis van Gaal and Ronald Koeman worked together at Ajax. Koeman was coach while the Serial Winner was Director of football. Zlatan Ibrahimovic claims the Pompous **s Van Gaal wanted the Swedish star rested in the domestic league where Ajax was flying and played only in the Champions League which did not go down well with Koeman who also worked as assistant to the elder Dutchman at Barcelona. Whatever the genesis of the enmity, tonights match has raised stakes. The talkative Van Gaal has claimed superstar Radamel Falcao can only play 20 minutes but the Colombian wife Lorei Taron posted on Instagram insisting the 28-year-old is ready to give 100% everything when called upon. Possible line-ups: Southampton: Forster; Clyne, Fonte, Gardos, Bertrand, Wanyama; Yoshida, S. Davis, Tadic; Long, Pelle Manchester United: De Gea; Valencia, Smalling, Rojo, Young; Herrera, Fellaini, Carrick, Mata; Van Persie, Rooney. My prediction: Utd to win. What will be the score?
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:28:47 +0000