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Arsenal and Manchester United’s failure to be good at the same time means this game is some way off the peak of this fixture in the Ferguson-Wenger years, but it’s still evocative. You can guarantee eyeballs whenever these two meet and United’s win over City came at the right moment to suggest that Michael Carrick’s team could pose a threat at Emirates Stadium. It’s amazing what playing in a system which suits the squad will do for confidence.
United have only won once in north London in the 2020s, that coming on penalties in the FA Cup, so simply avoiding defeat will be a positive result for the visitors. To be honest, even an honest attempt to take the game to Arsenal will be well received by the United fanbase.
I don’t think anybody has probably more motivation, more hunger, more desire for us to go all the way and win it [than me]. But we know that the only way to do it is focusing and being very present in the moment and doing everything that we have to do today … then do it better tomorrow. That’s the only thing we can control. The rest is just things that don’t add any value to us and they can take the focus to the wrong place.
It is talking every single day about what we have to do, what we are doing, what we can improve. We know how tough it’s going to be on Sunday and if we start to prepare on Sunday it’s too late. So we already start to prepare after our Champions League win over Inter Milan on Tuesday.
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