[EPL] Manchester United 1-1 Leicester City

[Zulfan]

Bola.net - Semua mata saat ini tertuju pada Leicester City. Kini The Foxes berpeluang besar untuk meraih trofi Premier League pertama mereka dalam 132 tahun sejarah klub menyusul hasil imbang 1-1 yang diraih Tottenham Hotspur saat melawan West Brom awal pekan ini.

Hasil imbang 1-1 di White Hart Lane tersebut membuat Spurs kini tertinggal tujuh poin dari Leicester dengan tiga pertandingan tersisa. Artinya, Leicester hanya butuh tiga poin lagi untuk memastikan mengamankan gelar.

Bahkan tim asuhan Claudio Ranieri tersebut bisa mengamankan gelar dan mengakhiri perburuan gelar sebelum Spurs masuk lapangan permainan.

Ya, Leicester akan bertandang ke Old Trafford pada hari Minggu akhir pekan ini untuk menghadapi Manchester United. Sementara Tottenham akan bertemu dengan Chelsea pada hari Senin, dengan tahu bahwa kemenangan The Foxes pekan ini akan memastikan kejutan Leicester berakhir dengan indah.

Banyak yang berharap Leicester akan melakukan itu, tapi bila melihat klasemen kandang Premier League, itu akan menjadi sesuatu yang sangat sulit untuk menang di Old Trafford.

Meskipun musim ini performa Manchester United angin-anginan, namun tim asuhan Louis van Gaal tersebut memiliki catatan kandang yang apik. Bahkan mereka menjadi tim ketiga terbaik untuk performa mereka di kandang dengan catatan 11 kemenangan, empat kali seri dan dua kali kalah. Bahkan, dari jumlah itu hanya ada tujuh gol yang mampu membobol gawang mereka.


Lima besar klasemen kandang Premier League


Catatan tersebut hanya kalah dari Manchester City yang mencatat 12 kali menang, sekali seri dan lima kali kalah, serta kalah dari Leicester yang mencatat 11 kali menang, enam kali dan hanya sekali kalah.

Ada 11 tim yang sudah pernah merasakan angkernya Old Trafford musim ini. Di antaranya adalah tim-tim seperti Tottenha, Liverpool dan Arsenal, sementara Manchester City dan West Ham mampu mencuri satu poin di sana, sedangkan dua tim yang mampu mencuri poin penuh adalah Norwich City dan Southampton.

Sebanyak para pemain Manchester United gagal bersinar sejak kepergian Sir Alex Ferguson, berkunjung ke Old Trafford masih merupakan perjalanan yang paling sulit di Premier League. Faktanya, kemenangan melawan Leicester akan menjadikan The Red Devils tim dengan catatan kandang terbaik musim ini.


MU hanya kebobolan tujuh kali di Old Trafford.


Namun meskipun sulit, tapi ini bukan misi mustahil. Melihat rekam jejak tandang Leicester musim ini, Riyad Mahrez dkk merupakan tim dengan rekor tandang terbaik sejauh ini, dan mereka bisa memanfaatkan sulitnya MU bangkit usai tertinggal lebih dahulu di kandang sendiri. Bila Leicester mampu mencetak gol lebih dahulu, maka mereka punya kemungkinan untuk mendapatkan poin di Old Trafford.

Bahkan satu poin saja akan sangat berarti bagi Leicester, satu poin itu akan sangat cukup untuk memastikan pesta juara mereka terwujud bila Chelsea di hari selanjutnya mampu mengalahkan Tottenham.

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Bola.net - Leicester City bakal mengangkat trofi juara Premier League di King Power Stadium, usai laga kandang melawan Everton, andai mereka mampu memastikan raihan gelar juara di dua laga berikutnya.

Pihak Premier League sudah melarang tim asuhan Claudio Ranieri untuk melakoni prosesi juara liga di markas Manchester United, Old Trafford, andai mereka mampu menang atas tim asuhan Louis van Gaal akhir pekan nanti, menurut laporan The Mirror.

The Foxes hanya membutuhkan tiga poin lagi dari tiga laga sisa untuk meraih gelar sebagai tim nomor satu di Inggris musim ini.

Tim asuhan Claudio Ranieri akan datang ke Manchester tanpa sang top skorer, Jamie Vardy, yang masih dihukum satu laga.

Sementara itu, United baru kalah dua kali di kandang, dalam 17 laga Premier League musim ini dan masih memburu jatah bermain di Liga Champions musim depan.

Dikabarkan bahwa Premier League memiliki kebijakan untuk memberikan trofi pada sang juara, usai laga kandang terakhir mereka, jika memang masih memungkinkan. (mir/rer)

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Originally Posted by and1

soal tiket liga champions peringkat 4, kmrn sempet baca di forum sebelah, bener ga sih kalo misal Liverpool juara Europa League (dg asumsi berada di luar 4 besar) maka jatah liga champions cm utk peringkat 1-3 + Liverpool?? msh bingung sm aturannya

gak jadi 5 ya jatah inggris (jika) liverpool juara UEFA League , musim ini Spanyol diwakili 5 Team, bingung juga sih

[rondwisan]

PREVIEW: MANCHESTER
UNITED V LEICESTER


Scene-setter: A place in the Premier
League’s top four is still very much a
possibility for Manchester United, who
currently sit five points behind Manchester City and Arsenal in the table , with a game in hand. A win against Leicester City would help keep the prospect of UEFA Champions League qualification alive. After second-placed Tottenham Hotspur dropped points
against West Bromwich Albion on Monday
evening, Leicester know victory at Old
Trafford would secure their maiden top-
flight title. Should United claim the spoils,
the Foxes would still only need a maximum of three points from their last two matches to clinch the trophy, with Spurs facing a must-win London derby against Chelsea on Monday.

Form guide: United will be in high spirits
after the Emirates FA Cup semi-final win
against Everton at Wembley on Saturday.
Anthony Martial’s cool finish in stoppage
time evoked happy memories of old as the
Reds marched into the final for the first
time since 2007. United's only defeat in the
last 13 Premier League fixtures against
Leicester was the 5-3 reversal away to the
Foxes early last season. The East Midlands
outfit have only lost one of their last 13
games, however, a record that helps
illustrate why they have spent more than
100 days at the top of the table this term.
Last meeting: Back on 28 November,
Leicester drew 1-1 with United to prevent
the Reds from overtaking them at the
summit. Bastian Schweinsteiger scored on
the stroke of half-time to bring United level
after the Foxes had taken the lead through
Jamie Vardy. The main talking point was
not the result but rather that Vardy had
written his name in the record books by
eclipsing our very own Ruud van
Nistelrooy’s record by scoring in 11
consecutive Premier League games.

Latest team news: Schweinsteiger, Luke
Shaw and Will Keane are all still sidelined
due to their injuries. Adnan Januzaj has
also been out of action due to injury, while
Andreas Pereira will hope for a recall to the
squad after not featuring for the Under-21s
on Monday. Louis van Gaal will provide
further updates in his MUTV interview and
press conference on Friday. Leicester are
without Vardy, whose suspension was
extended to two games following his red
card against West Ham United; Leonardo
Ulloa deputised superbly in the last match,
scoring twice against Swansea City, but
picked up a knock. Ex-Reds triallist Jeffrey
Schlupp was drafted into the team in place
of Marc Albrighton, though the latter came
off the bench to bag the final goal in a 4-0
triumph.

View from the dressing room : "It’s going to
be a great game. They’re fighting to win
the title; we’re going for the top four. We’re
hoping to get what we want from the
game." - Antonio Valencia , speaking to
Sunday's United Review. Read the full
interview in the matchday programme.

View from the opposition: "Whenever we go
to Old Trafford, it is a big game. We want
to enjoy it and are looking forward to
working hard this week and going there to
try to perform again and get the three
points." - former United defender Danny
Simpson

Opposition manager: Foxes boss Claudio
Ranieri has had a year to remember after
embarking on a journey that has been
remarkable to witness. At the beginning of
the season, former England striker and
long-suffering Leicester fan Gary Lineker
mentioned the possibility of Champions
League qualification to the Italian, who
responded: "Thank you, Gary… thank you
very much, but it is not possible." Little did
Claudio know that the team he'd just taken
over were to defeat all odds in what has
been an unfathomable season. In a truly
romantic tale for all sports fans, a side who narrowly avoided the drop last term have come back as underdogs and played with a spirit and unwavering commitment that has taken them to the brink of the title.

Trivia: Ranieri’s last game at Old Trafford
was in May 2004, when his Chelsea side
claimed a 1-1 draw despite finishing the
game with 10 men after current Leicester
defender Robert Huth was sent off for a
second bookable offence. The last time the Foxes left Old Trafford without losing was in 1998, when David Beckham rescued a late 2-2 draw for the Reds, in his first
league game following an infamous red
card for England at the World Cup.

Danger man: With Vardy still out, this year’s PFA Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez could be the main threat. The Algeria winger has wreaked havoc this season; his lightning-quick feet and ability to read the game have contributed hugely to the leaders' success. Leicester's midfield cannot be overlooked, however, with recently-capped ex-Red Danny Drinkwater and N’Golo Kante both providing impeccable service to their front men.

Referee: Northumberland-born Michael
Oliver will officiate Sunday's game. It will
be his 32nd match of the season and his
fifth involving United, the last of which was March's 1-0 win away to rivals Man City.

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BOSS : WE CANNOT ALLOW LEICESTER TO WIN TITLE

Louis van Gaal has warned Leicester City that his Manchester United players will not allow them to win the Barclays Premier League title at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Claudio Ranieri’s men require three more points to secure the championship crown, but the Reds must also win with a place in the top four still up for grabs and four important matches left to play.

Speaking to reporters at his pre-match press conference at the Aon Training Complex on Friday afternoon, van Gaal remained quietly optimistic of securing UEFA Champions League qualification next season and spoke of delaying the Foxes’ coronation as Premier League champions.

“I think we have to beat Leicester because we are still in the race for the first positions, so we have to beat them,” he said. “We cannot allow that they are the champions this weekend at Old Trafford. I think they shall be the champion a week later, so we don’t spoil the party, just postpone it a little bit.

“I was the first who said that they could be champions and now a presenter [Match of the Day’s Gary Lineker] has to wear underwear when they are the champions. For me it is not a surprise; I say that many, many times. I believe in team building and the manager has done that with this team.

“They had the circumstances to play always with the same team as they did not play so many matches as the other teams in the league, so it is always possible. It is good for the Premier League and the sport of football that not always the same teams are the champion.”

At his press conference, van Gaal was also quizzed on Ranieri’s remarkable work this season and the Dutchman was full of praise for the Italian, citing their previous meetings as managers in La Liga.

“Yeah, it was never easy to beat his teams,” van Gaal told reporters. “Valencia and Barcelona is also more or less a derby so it is a difficult match. He has always organised his teams very good.”

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Van Gaal is left a bit red-faced after not realising many of his Manchester United squad are serial title winners.

He is asked how strange it was for United to be playing host to potential champions Leicester, and says few of his current squad had won the title, claiming goalkeeper David De Gea - who won the title in 2013 – had not been a Premier League champion.

And Van Gaal even claims veteran duo Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick had only won the title “once, maybe more than once” - both have won it five times.

“The players who are now playing, they are not used to being champions,” says Van Gaal.

“I don’t think Matteo Darmian is used to being a champion and David De Gea was never champion, so I don’t agree with the way you make the question.

“Memphis Depay was a champion last year [with PSV Eindhoven] so not many players...Rooney, Carrick, they have been the champions once, or maybe more than once.”

sumber: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...e-live-7862264
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[rondwisan]

laga pembuktian dua golie muda nih ……

[wira_ozora]

Originally Posted by rondwisan

laga pembuktian dua golie muda nih ……

Absennya Vardy jelas jd keuntungan bwd MU,,cz Ulloa yg jd penggantinya ga secepat Vardy. Tinggal waspada sm Mahrez,,mdh2'an backfour tampil solid biar ga dibully sm speed n trick Mahrez. Mudah2'an MU bisa menang dgn skor 2-1.

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Originally Posted by rondwisan

laga pembuktian dua golie muda nih ……

Cleensheet mereka ga jauh beda, De Gea 14x, 1x lebih sedikit daripada Kasper.

Tanda-tanda pertandingan bakal berakhir imbang 0-0

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