Manchester United host Everton in the Premier League

A bigger game than what it needs to be for MUFC…

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00:00 And looking at their next Premier League game, the host Everton, I mean we've spoken about

00:06 if the derby didn't go their way there would be mounting pressure. It didn't go their way,

00:11 you know, this is suddenly quite a big game, early kick-off on a Saturday with the Old

00:16 Trafford crowd. What's the feelings going into this, you know, especially for the United

00:21 boss?

00:22 Well, yeah, you mentioned it, I mean the derby didn't go well. Although, I mean look, it

00:28 didn't go well, I don't think anyone would say it did go well, but it could have been

00:30 a lot worse is the other way of looking at it. And I actually think the big positive

00:34 from that game was that there was some level of discipline and some level of organisation

00:38 which at times you just haven't seen with United. So that was one positive aspect even

00:42 though it was obviously in the end quite devastating. The staff were pretty damning in the end.

00:48 But anyway, Everton we're talking about. Yeah, big game because, I mean, they've fallen now

00:53 11 points behind the top four. That's a really concerning gap, a gap that they might struggle

00:58 to catch up. They play Everton, a team who if they don't win at the weekend, Everton,

01:04 they will go three months without a win in the Premier League. That is just awful at

01:09 any stage of the season. They are more and more looking over their shoulders towards

01:13 the relegation zone. I think in any other season they would be particularly worried,

01:17 but I think two of those three are going to go anyway, aren't they? It's just whether

01:20 Luton can kind of claw themselves out. But listen, from a United perspective, a home

01:24 defeat to Everton would be just terrible. It would really ramp up the pressure on Tenhague.

01:30 It would really just ask more questions about his tactical setup. And Everton have a terrible

01:34 record at Old Trafford. They haven't won there in over a decade. So listen, I think that

01:40 United will probably have enough to get through this game and will, yeah, should win. They

01:46 do have a number of injuries, but I think they'll have enough to beat Everton. But as

01:50 I've said a lot this season, it's the performance. They can really do with a good performance

01:54 and that I'm definitely not confident in them having.