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OR we can always just win the Champions League. 👀

Klopp going to get his first win at Old Trafford...

WELL, IT'S SQUEAKY BUM TIME!!!

If it's a draw, then we would need 4 points from the remaining 2 games.

If it's a draw, then we would need only 4 points.

Even a draw would be decent...

If Liverpool lose today, we would need only 3 points from the remaining 2 games. But if they win, then we will need to beat Leicester and Villa.

No pressure, lads...

The lack of depth in midfield is coming to bite us back in the arse. Tuchel might have to get creative and maybe use James there or something.

I suppose Tuchel will reveal more tomorrow but I don't think Kante is actually injured? Tuchel just said he was left out for pain management, meaning his game time will have to be carefully managed.

We still wore it.

But there's Moscow, there's last year...

We've already jinxed ourselves by deciding to wear the new home kit for this final...

Those other qualities you mentioned are generally required for a top CB. The reason why the passing ability is mentioned is because of our playing style, we want to play out from the back. We need center backs who are comfortable with the ball and capable of making progressive passes with it. The ability on the ball has always been a problem for Zouma; it's arguably his biggest weakness. You say whatever he has is good enough for a 4th choice CB but the problem is, Azpi and Silva aren't getting any younger and if we're gonna rotate the CBs more often than not, then the 4th choice, the 5th choice has to be good enough on the ball as well, on top of having other qualities. This is also important if we are gonna stick with the back 3 system.

United back to their strongest XI against Liverpool...

We don't need a classy CB backup. We just need someone who is at least comfortable on the ball and can make progressive passes with it.

lol Do you really think they care about 2nd place? It's just extra money and nothing else as long as they finish in the Top 4. But if you really want to talk about 2nd place, then Leicester can still catch them considering they are only 4 points behind United. Seems like you have forgotten about the insurance policy of winning the Champions League. At this point, I don't know if people just want to moan for the sake of moaning or are just being selective. The players that started yesterday were one of the reasons why we were able to drag ourselves back into the Top 4 from mid-table and get the club into 2 major cup finals. Those players have contributed to big wins over bigger or better teams than Arsenal and now people are saying they aren't good enough to beat Arsenal?

If that's the case, then why did Solskjaer even bother to bring on Fernandes, Cavani and Rashford as subs the other day against Leicester? United have no game this weekend, meaning they have a rare week off until their final two league games next midweek and if there's a time for them to rest players, it's against Fulham and Wolves, especially when the Europa League final is just 3 days after the final league game. Is that necessarily a bad thing? The injury risk aside, it's probably a good thing that we still have something to play for in the league just so the players will maintain that competitive and physical edge going into the Champions League final. I remember after we won the league in 2017, we just ghosted through the last game against Sunderland and then played like crap against Arsenal the following week in the FA Cup final. And yesterday's XI wasn't good enough to beat Arsenal or get even a draw? It's ironic that you hate Arsenal but are speaking like an Arsenal fan there. Is it bad that we have our fate in our own hands?

It's their biggest rival for christ sake! United wouldn't want to be going into the final on the back of losses and for Solskjaer, he would also want to avoid questions about his future again by suddenly starting to lose games. Tuchel has rotated in every game since he's been here and we have won a lot of them. So again, why the sudden complaints yesterday? Tuchel has played the same XI in consecutive games only once and it's near impossible to play the same XI in every game during this pandemic season. You're really giving Jorginho an out there. We want to play out from the back and any keeper in this system would have made himself available for the pass the way Kepa did. Let's not also forget how hard Jorginho hit the pass backward considering how close he was to goal, which left Kepa no chance but to just quickly scramble back and try to prevent a comedy own goal. Jorginho was at fault for the goal but on the bigger picture, if there was a change that screwed us up when it comes to passing out from the back, it's the inclusion of Zouma. Tuchel had no choice but to play him considering Christensen is injured and Rudiger is in the red zone but Zouma's passing ability is so bad. If Werner had started and got injured, then what? Yes, yesterday's stupid loss is an annoying setback but the Top 4 is still in our hands.

With the exception of Mendy, Rudiger, Kante and Werner (also Christensen and Kovacic but they're injured), it was our best XI and the same XI that have started and won games before. So, the complaints about the starting XI are peculiar, especially when no one said anything about the changes Tuchel made after we won at City last Saturday. It's good enough, at the very least, to get a point against Arsenal. In the end, the defeat came down more to the application of the players. No one looked bothered at all, for one reason or another. The one thing I'll say though is that the players (and probably Tuchel as well) have put even more pressure on themselves to get things on Saturday (and they better fucking do).

It's Man United v Liverpool. It's Liverpool for them. Why would they not care? They would want to screw Liverpool's CL hopes. Again, I don't get why are people complaining about the starting XI yesterday. Tuchel also made a lot of changes at the weekend but because we won, no one complained about it. Tuchel made a similar amount of changes yesterday and because we lost, people are suddenly complaining about it. Do people really think that yesterday's starting XI wasn't good enough to beat Arsenal OR at the very least, get a draw? Tuchel already said Kante and Rudiger were rested due to pain management and being in the red zone respectively. Kepa, who didn't have much to do at all, played instead of Mendy in prep for the cup final while Werner was on the bench having started the last 5 games. So apart from those 4, yesterday's XI was pretty much our best XI. People keep complaining about the starting XI and yet, no one has bothered to ask why the players that started didn't bother to turn up and stake their claim for a starting spot in the finals.

Given Tuchel's pragmatism, he was always gonna keep the more experienced player on the field.

Tuchel revealed on Chelsea TV that Kante was rested due to pain management because he has some achilles problem while Rudiger was rested because he was in the red zone.

Tuchel already confirmed Kepa will start on Saturday. lol Said he played tonight to prep for that final.

I don't think it's that they can't shoot. They just don't even have a smell for goal. Kovacic and Kante only score once every 100 years while Jorginho only gets his goals from the penalty spot. We are literally just relying on our front 3 to get the goals. The wing backs may contribute a few if we're lucky. But if the front 3 can't score, like against Real Madrid and Arsenal today, then we have a BIG problem!