The two big heavyweights of the competition face off in the quarterfinal stage today.Arsenal(10) and Man Utd(11) have 21 FA cup trophies between them.They have faced each other 13 times in the competition, and it has been pretty even with Man Utd winning 6 times and Arsenal winning 5 times (2 ended in a draw).
The fixture is a very important for Arsenal and Man Utd.It comes off the back of a disappointing week where they were screwed over by the referee in both their matches.Both the teams will be coming into the match looking to get back on track.
A lot of talk has been going on about referee performances in recent matches.Some of the decisions made by the match officials has been atrocious.People have even been talking about bought match officials.UEFA even charged Wenger and Nasri for their comments about the Barcelona match.Ferguson remained silent to the press after the Chelsea match.A lot has been going on.The talk going around,coming in to this match has been surrounding which team the referee,Chris Foy will be playing for....
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Both teams are pretty depleted coming into the game.Man Utd are without Ferdinand,Anderson and Nani.So the pace in their game is depleted a bit.There are rumors that Valencia might play,but I don't expect Ferguson to start him.Arsenal are without Walcott,Fabregas,Wojciech(6 weeks at least),Song and long-term absentees Vermaelen and Fabianski.The team still looks pretty strong.
Arsenal have been forced into replay twice in this competition already,and another axtra match is hardly what they need right now.They should go all out and try to win this at Old Trafford.Manchester United have won all of their last eight home matches,and are unbeaten against Arsenal in their last six encounters.So the tide could change this time round and maybe Arsenal can pull off an upset.It would be a major uplift for the team,who have been pretty down in morale lately.
Arsene's pre-match conference video is posted below.He talks about the damage done by the UEFA to the club and that he wants them to apologize and so on....
Wenger's Pre-match Conference
Arsene says he will be playing his best side, so I expect Djourou and Kos to start alongside Sagna and Gibbs(maybe).Diaby should play,he should compensate the physicality of Song.Also Van Persie is expected to start after playing less than expected on Tuesday.
Possible line-up: Almunia,Sagna,Djourou,Koscielny,Gibbs,Diaby,Wilshere,Nasri,Van Persie & Arshavin.
The last time these two teams met,Man Utd walked away 1-0 winners thanks to a Park goal.Both teams looked pretty even then and it will be the same this time as well.Both the teams look pretty strong on paper and it will be tough to predict a score.,I will go with a 1-1 draw with a replay at the Emirates on the cards.
I know all the fans are pretty down so I leave you with a video clip that will cheer you all up.Watch it,comment and share.Have a good day folks!!!
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amazing pic and videos again..!!
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