Race for the Top ( Part One of Four)

This Sunday Manchester United Play Arsenal at the Old Trafford, a game that united need to win in their pursuit of glory this season.

Manchester United Have very hard games in the coming weeks. The first is the game against arsenal on Sunday, 2 games against Barcelona in the semi-finals of the champion’s league, and the crucial game against Chelsea. So I decided to write a series of article regarding those games.

Manchester United Come into the game having defeated Roma and qualified to the semi-finals of the CL. United won the first leg 2-0 at Roma, and 1-0 at old Trafford.

Sir Alex Ferguson managed to keep his star players Rooney, Ronaldo and scholes rested, Rooney did play around 20 minutes of the last game, coming as a late substitute.

United were boosted by the return of Gary Neville, the Utd captain, after 13months out due an ankle injury, and the return of Michael Sylvestre who $has been out for seven months following an knee injury.

Even with all the changes to the team United were strong going forward, and didn't look too shaky in the defense.Their recent form has been good which should give them the edge on their rivals.

Arsenal's Trilogy with Liverpool ended with a dramatic 4-2 defeat, failing to qualify for the semi-finals of the champion’s league.

Arsenal Were on their way to the semis with eight minutes to go when Adebayor draw the game at 2-2, a min later Liverpool were awarded a penalty which Gerard brilliantly executed, and in the 92min Babel scored the fourth goal and end arsenal's hopes for champions league glory.

Arsenal go into the game knowing that if they lose, their hopes for any silverware this season are slim, so the pressure is pretty much pounding down on them, and the 4-0 defeat to Utd a couple month ago is still fresh in the players mind..

The First game of these four should provide us with an idea of what to expect from united in the coming weeks.