The Gunners welcome United to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon with the once bitter title rivals now battling it out for the outside chance of sneaking into the top four of the Premier League.
“They are focused on the next game and what we have to achieve”. However, Ramsey – who almost signed for United in 2008 – says that he still thinks the fixture is one of the biggest on the Premier League calendar with.
Tim Fosu-Mensah might remain sidelined, but the squad does have some good news as Chris Smalling might play this game, and so might Phil Jones. So here are three crucial things to watch for and remember as the match unfolds.
“I think in the last match against Swansea we lost our last chance to fight for top four, so I am going to rest players”, said Mourinho, despite United sitting just one point behind fourth-placed Manchester City with four games to go.
The Arsenal FC has a decent home record going into this Sunday’s fixture against the Red Devils.
Paul Pogba is convinced Manchester United can make the top four, despite Jose Mourinho’s insistence that they have already blown it.
Wenger, the one lower in the table and in real danger of missing out on the Champions League for the first time this century, has been perfectly chipper and positive.
Mourinho has never tasted defeat against Wenger in 12 league games and the Arsenal manager may not get many better opportunities to alter that statistic.
By rights it should be a member of Manchester United’s much put-upon back line doing all the moaning.
Arsenal takes on Manchester United in a match that will have huge implications on either club’s hopes of reaching an illusive Champions League spot. “We have a third goalkeeper (Joel Pereira) who I think will be the best Portuguese goalkeeper of the next generation, so anyone in goal I trust completely”. A win in that competition will be enough to see them return to Europe’s premier cup competition regardless of where they finish in the league. The creative midfielder Juan Mata has found the net on six occasions, whilst the pacey youngster Marcus Rashford, has a goal tally of five goals domestically, scoring ten in all competitions.
JOSE MOURINHO wants Arsene Wenger to leave Arsenal on his own terms – just like Alex Ferguson did at Old Trafford.
Meanwhile, Luke Shaw, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo are out for the rest of the season.