After Manchester City, Manchester United will visit Chelsea on Sunday at the Theater of Dreams. The pressure is immense at Manchester United, which has to win if it wants to qualify for the Champions League. However, the same also applies to Chelsea. In short: it is on or under for these two teams.
Manchester United:
What will the Manchester United supporters long for the years under Sir Alex Ferguson. Under the Scottish manager, Manchester United played good football, won prizes and was the largest club in the world. All those things have disappeared in a few years. Although Manchester United still has the largest fan base in the world, many new fans have not been added in recent years. Under David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, José Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjær, it is all a shame that Manchester United is showing and the absolute low point was last Wednesday’s 0-2 defeat in the Manchester Derby.
Manchester United was completely eliminated by Manchester City on Old Trafford and this is the worst Man United in years. Even Paul Pogba sinks weekly at The Red Devils and Solskjær will now realize why Van Gaal and Mourinho were under so much pressure at Manchester United. Under Solskjær, Manchester United seemed to be heading back up, but a coach is just as good as his material and that becomes clear once again at The Mancunians. This summer the wallet will have to be fully opened by Ed Woodward, because this Manchester United can use a reinforcement in almost any position. The only question is whether the top players want to come to Manchester United if The Red Devils do not play in the Champions League, because it seems more like that every week.
Chelsea:
In nine of the last ten games that Chelsea played on Old Trafford, no wins were won. Nevertheless, The Blues will smell opportunities this weekend when they visit Manchester United, because at Chelsea they of course also know that this Manchester United is extremely vulnerable. With a triple in Manchester, Chelsea knows for sure that Manchester United is no longer a competitor in the battle for fourth place. In any case, it seems that Chelsea and Arsenal will work out which club will end up in the Premier League behind Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. In addition, it also seems that The Blues and The Gunners are going to fight out which club qualifies for the Champions League through the Europa League. The most ideal scenario for England would of course be that the Europa League winner finishes fifth in the Premier League, so that the number four can enter the Champions League.
Last Monday, Chelsea last played in the Premier League. Burnley visited The Blues on Stamford Bridge and got no further than a 2-2 draw in London. Frankly, Chelsea was entitled to a victory against The Clarets, who were certainly only defending in the second half. Yet Maurizio Sarri can count on it that with this Chelsea he does not win at home from a club like Burnley. This shows once again that Chelsea is a lot less far away than Liverpool and Manchester City, who still play this kind of teams in-house. For Chelsea, next to Manchester United-out, another important game is scheduled in the coming days, as the Europa League semi-final awaits in Germany on Thursday evening. Eintracht Frankfurt is the opponent and The Blues must be able to qualify for the Europa League final in Baku in Azerbaijani in two matches with the Germans.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,67
