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Competition

preview: MANCHESTER UNITED v Tottenham Hotspur

Premiership Matchday 36

Old Trafford, Manchester, 12.45pm GMT, Saturday 24th April 2010.

Articles wrote by the Editor of mufcinfo.com - Mark Graham

Team News

Owen Hargreaves (calf) will miss out.

 

Rio Ferdinand (groin) & Wes Brown (foot) are both included in the United squad.

 

Aaron Lennon (groin) has returned to the Spurs team after a long 4 month absence.

 

Wilson Palacios returns from suspension.


InjuredINJURED/UNAVAILABLE

Michael Owen (hamstring) O.F.S.

Anderson (knee) O.F.S.

Danny Welbeck (metatarsal) O.F.S.

Owen Hargreaves (calf)

Doubtful

 

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

? (?)


InjuredINJURED/UNAVAILABLE

Corluka (ankle)

Kranjcar (ankle)

Cudicini (broken wrists), Woodgate (groin)

Doubtful

Jermaine Jenas (groin)

Ledley King (knee)

Referee's notebook & CardsSUSPENDED

? (?)


Yellow CardRed Card

 REFEREE TODAY:

Squads

Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Neville, O’Shea, Rafael, De Laet, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Carrick, Hargreaves, Scholes, Fletcher, Park, Gibson, Obertan, Valencia, Giggs, Nani, Berbatov, Rooney, Macheda, Diouf.

Tottenham Hotspur (from): Gomes, Dawson. Assou-Ekotto, Bale, Kaboul, Bassong, Huddlestone, Bentley, Modric, Pavlyuchenko, Crouch, Defoe, Gudjohnsen, Alnwick, Rose, Livermore, Walker, Lennon, Townsend.

Pre Match Press Conference Highlights

On his propose retirment

"I have no intention of retiring and if I did the people I would tell are David Gill and the Glazer family."

"As I have said time and time again, the only that determines my staying here is my health and unfortunately for you lot, I'm in rude health.  "So you'll be left to suffer me for many more years. You'll be gone before I'm gone, don't you worry!"

 

On Gary Neville

"He's unbelievable," "He's incredible, an amazing man. He's used his experience to the full.

"Craig Bellamy is a handful, but Gary will have studied every bit of him. That's what he does. He studies everything about his opponents and he kept Bellamy under control last week.  "When you're out of the game in your 30s for a year-and-a-half, for most players it's impossible to get back to the level he's at now. That's why I say he's an incredible man. I wouldn't be surprised if he went to South Africa. It's not my job to say that, but I wouldn't be surprised if they chose him."
 

Darren Fletcher

"“We just have to concentrate on ourselves. We need to keep winning our games - if we don’t, it could be irrelevant what happens.  “Chelsea are the team leading the league and all the pressure is on them. We are just taking care of ourselves.

“They were in a situation where they might have felt they could have pulled away and be in a real strong position but they are not.  “We never thought it had gone but is was a disappointing time after the Blackburn game. It was an uphill struggle but it just shows you in one weekend things can change.”

Head to Head

HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR England
A record of Competitive games played between Manchester United & Tottenham Hotspur

ALL COMPETITIVE MATCHES

P W D L F A Diff
TOTAL 170 80 44 46 270 222 +48

 

FA Premiership
H/A P W D L F A Diff
H 17 14 3 0 34 7 +27
A 18 11 4 3 32 21 +11
TOTAL 35 25 7 3 66 28 +38

Milestones

5165th competitive fixture in club history.

SAF's 694th Premiership fixture in charge.

2125th Home League fixture in club history.

171st game between the two sides.

Score Prediction

2-0 to the Reds.

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