Daily Mail

IT COULD BE A JOY RIDE EVEN IF REDS PARK THE BUS

- MARTIN KEOWN

JOSE MOURINHO may try to park the bus, but that doesn’t mean we’re in for a boring match. United will try to shut the game down, yet they pack a punch on the break. Their victory over Arsenal resembled a PlayStatio­n game! Mourinho might see that as one of his best matches. He executed his game plan, pressing high and winning the ball back well. United spent most of the game covering up — with shots raining down on David de Gea’s goal — but won it with two big punches in the first 11 minutes and a haymaker in the second half. They can pose problems with their aerial threat but balls into the channels will be just as testing. It will be interestin­g to see if Mourinho uses Jesse Lingard to break on City. Pep Guardiola’s side will look to counter-attack on United’s

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