Manchester United play Aston Villa today and a month ago you could hardly expect that both teams would be in such poor form. United have lost a couple of games against Liverpool and Fulham and for the majority of both games the team simply played badly. The second half against Fulham was much better as United belied having ten men only for an inspired Mark Schwartzer to make a series of saves before Fulham won the game on the break. So with United hurting after Fulham the last thing that the team needed was an international break, or was it - Sir Alex Ferguson seems to think it has helped. But with Liverpool winning, ironically at Fulham, yesterday United simply must get back to winning ways or the lost momentum will probably cost us that 18th title. The loss of Scholes, Rooney and Vidic to suspension, Berbatov to injury and Tevez likely to be jetlagged suggests that other players need to step up - not least a suddenly fragile looking defence.
Aston Villa's form has collapsed as the fatigue injuries have sapped a small squad that started the season very early. Arsenal is on a powerhouse run but Villa must retain the pressure because Arsenal have a very tough run-in including games against the top three. If Villa remains in touch with them there may yet be opportunities to overtake them. Unfortunately Everton is also catching up so Villa need to stop a run of three straight defeats today to give some hope that the long chase for the Champions' League could have a happy ending.....Back To Home Page...
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