Ronaldo, Cavani Out Of Manchester Derby

Cristiano Ronaldo will play no part in Sunday’s Manchester derby, no thanks to an injury crisis that has also ruled out Edinson Cavani and centre-back Raphael Varane.

The forward who is United’s top scorer with 15 goals in all competitions this season featured when both sides met at Old Trafford, but he didn’t leave up to the pre-game hype as they fell 2-0 that time.

Marcus Rashford is expected to fill in for the trip to Etihad as Ralf Rangnick’s side hope to get a victory to remain in contention for a fourth-place finish.

In their 49 meetings, United have won 24 against City’s 16 and it ended in a draw on nine occasions.

Without Ronaldo at the Manchester derby, United are looking to win four consecutive matches in all competitions at Manchester City for the first time since between November 1993 and November 2000 while City are looking to complete the league double over Man Utd for just the second time under Pep Guardiola, having previously done so in 2018/19.

Four goals in 22 second-half minutes helped Chelsea cruise to victory in their first Premier League game since owner Roman Abramovich said he will sell the club beating Burnley 4-0.

Manager Thomas Tuchel admitted news of the Russian billionaire’s decision had been as distraction, but his side did not show it at Turf Moor thanks to two goals from Kai Havertz, sandwiched between Reece James’ opener and Christian Pulisic’s close-range finish.

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