Originally Posted by zieler:
“The only thing that made me question what he'd go for was the comments about Mkhitaryan not necessarily being available for a full 90 minutes. Means Mata is likely to start and I'm not really sure about him in a counter-attacking team.
I'll be interested to see what Rooney does in this one. Guessing he'll be asked to play deeper than he has been playing this season despite what Mourinho has said about him before.”
“The only thing that made me question what he'd go for was the comments about Mkhitaryan not necessarily being available for a full 90 minutes. Means Mata is likely to start and I'm not really sure about him in a counter-attacking team.
I'll be interested to see what Rooney does in this one. Guessing he'll be asked to play deeper than he has been playing this season despite what Mourinho has said about him before.”
There is that chance that we give Martial another chance, and drop Mata for Rashford, I'd be surprised if Lingard isn't close to full fitness either and that could be another option ahead of Mata. Though I'd say it's more than likely Mata will keep his place for this game, and we are due another big game from him in a high profile match, so he can keep his place for the next half season.




