He is not helping us at all, look at how he ghosted against Burnley. Pochettino needs to bench him if he truly wants to win Manchester United today, Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho identifies the single Chelsea player that needs to be traded this summer to make place for new faces
Paul Merson has revealed his prediction for Chelsea’s Premier League meeting with Manchester United, warning Erik ten Hag that he will face’massive pressure’ if he loses his next two games.
On Thursday night, Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea will visit Manchester United, a fallen titan.
Both teams pretended to deceive before the international break and had disappointing returns to domestic football, with Chelsea beaten to a 2-2 draw by ten-man Burnley and United escaping Brentford with a 1-1 tie.
Chelsea, who spent more than £1 billion on new acquisitions under Todd Boehly, have struggled in Pochettino’s debut season at Stamford Bridge, falling to the bottom half of the Premier League table with 10 games left.
Indeed, West Londoners are closer to the relegation zone than Premier League champions Liverpool.
Manchester United are presently five places and eight points ahead of Chelsea, but they will be frustrated by a season in which they also failed to advance beyond the group stage of the Champions League.
Ten Hag’s side has an uphill task to qualify for the Champions League next season, trailing Tottenham and Aston Villa by nine and 11 points, respectively.
