Tonight is Chelsea against Manchester United, and we asked Dale O’Donnell from StrettyNews.com some questions about how he thought the game would go.
He asked us some in return, and you can read our responses here.
Here are his answers to our questions:
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It’s been a superb run under OGS so far, do you think the defeat to PSG will knock out some of that momentum, or are you going to bounce back tonight?
I was thinking about this over the weekend. We don’t know what to expect because, you know, 12 games in and we’ve lost just one game under Ole! Hopefully we can bounce back and work towards setting the record straight at Stamford Bridge.
Martial and Rashford on the break was looking really scary. Will missing the Frenchman through injury change the way you play?
Yes, and we won’t be as strong without Martial. The Frenchman had a superb second-half at the Bridge earlier this season and your defenders will be thrilled to hear he misses out. His absence probably means Alexis Sanchez will start from the left, though it should be his last chance to make an impression. This is not the player we thought United signed from Arsenal.
Teams have had great success man marking Jorginho – do you think we could see something similar tonight?
Juan Mata did an excellent job on Jorginho in the league fixture back in October. The former Chelsea man isn’t renowned for his pressing, but he gave the Italian a day to forget when Chelsea crashed for a while. Still feel we deserved a win for our comeback that day.
Both of our teams are being linked with Zinedine Zidane at the moment – if you remove OGS from the equation for a second, do you think ZZ would make a good Premier League / Man U manager?
Erm, no, probably not. Everyone is judging Zidane on one job — an incredible journey with Real Madrid — but the La Liga giants had some of the world’s best players in their prime during that period. I’m taking nothing away from Zidane but he’s seen in a different light at the Bernabeu than he is at Old Trafford. If he goes elsewhere and delivers success, then maybe in the future. Juventus should be his next job.
How will the game go?
Chelsea have been abysmal of late. Some of the players don’t look comfortable playing Sarri-ball and you get the feeling there’s pressure from above already. I think we’ll get our first win at Stamford Bridge in 10 games.
