GOOAL! SATURDAY VISION, NOVEMBER 4, 2017 3 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Local fans do not give Gunners any chance t is Super Sunday tomorrow and the menu has two mouth-watering encounters. IBuoyed on by their 1-0 victory over Spurs last weekend and the mid-week 2-0 triumph over Benfi ca in The Champions League, Manchester United visit Chelsea at Stamford Bridge with the home side having a lot to play for. BACK HOME Elsewhere, on-form Man City who have opened up a fi ve -point lead at the top, host Arsenal who are also steadily Matic returns to torment former masters regaining their form. Saturday Goal interviewed some local fans about the games.

CHELSEA v MAN UNITED  Emmanuel Bbosa: Man City is a Kick-off: Sunday 7.30pm, SS3 stronger side and I am confi dent they will win with a big margin. “With all their players on form, Arsenal must be ready for a beating, which I think might go to 5-0,” the Chelsea fan said. He predicts a ed as saying by The Guardian. thony Martial together in the hope 2-1 Chelsea win over Man United because The 29-year-old said he was not their raw speed and trickery can of home advantage and also because the concerned about his reception at Stam- unsettle the Chelsea rearguard. hosts are more attack-minded. ford Bridge but is wary of losing to the Earlier on Sunday, Manches- champions as it would give rivals the ter City bid to extend their  opportunity to insert themselves into the record-equalling start to the cam- Pascal Ssenyange: It will be title race. paign at home to Arsenal. a 1-0 win for Man City and 2-1 win ’s side have for Chelsea. “Besides having good A long way to go looked invincible at times, players, Man City is on form and will “We know we must respect them,” winning their last eight league bid to maintain their winning form to Matic added. “They are a good team, games by an aggregate score win the league. Chelsea are at home they’re champions and it’s going to be a of 32-5. and will use that advantage to win the hard game for us, but we also have our However, City have game,” the Man City fan explained. own qualities. only won one of “The Premier League is diffi cult... You their last nine  Franco Ekunait: With Pogba back, lose two games and the other teams are matches against United will win 2-0. there, so it’s important not to lose points, Arsenal and “Both teams play the same game but of course, but there’s a long way to go.” will be facing United has an edge over Chelsea Former Chelsea Juan Mata the Gunners because of the quality of players they was part of the United team that lost 4-0 after a testing have.” Ekunait thinks that it will be a to Antonio Conte’s side last season but away trip to Napoli, walk in the park for Man City when they the Spaniard believes the side’s focus is where they won 4-2 in take on Arsenal. “City is on form and fully on the coming fi xture. the Champions League on Arsenal cannot survive a 3-1 thumping.” “There’s not revenge on my mind. Wednesday. (They are) totally different games, Chelsea and Manchester United, as what happened last season, hap- well as Tottenham Hotspur who wel-  Isaac Kasubi: Chelsea will win 2-1 pened last season and now we have come Crystal Palace on Sunday, will be because they have a good home record to think in the present,” Mata said. hoping Arsene Wenger’s men can cause against Man United. “We are 4th on the “It’s always a diffi cult game an upset at the Etihad and blow the title table and we would like to overtake Spurs playing Chelsea away but we will race wide open. in 3rd,” the Chelsea fan stated. Kasubi try our best. A win for Arsenal would also drag says Man City would whip Arsenal 4-0 them back into contention. They lie fi fth, because the hosts are on form and Arse- City’s bid to extend streak nine points off the pace. nal is struggling. United’s main striker Romelu On Saturday, West Ham United host Lukaku has gone six games Liverpool and their under-pressure  without a goal, however, and manager Slaven Bilic will be desperate Patrick Okumu: “The Chelsea v Mourinho must decide whether to avoid the 4-0 mauling they suffered in Man United game will be tight and I to play and An- last season’s corresponding fi xture. think it will end in a 1-all draw because both sides are defensive,” Okumu a Chelsea fan stated. Okumu added Unit- ed has a good coach who knows Chelsea The Blues will soon forget me — Jose well. He thinks Man City will emerge 2-0 winners over Arsenal. he had two spells as manager be- FA Cup quarter-fi nal in March, match that saw Ander tween 2004 and 2015, winning which Chelsea won 1-0. Herrera sent off three Premier League titles, one Mourinho clashed on the for fouling the  John Muhumuza: Arsenal will FA Cup and three League Cups. touchline with Chelsea boss Belgium win 2-1 and Chelsea will win 1-0. However, despite his strong Antonio Conte and was verbally winger. “Arsenal has improved and they connection with Chelsea, he abused by home fans during the Mourinho wouldn’t like to fall below 5th position appears to be keen to play down match. had his revenge in a league they are currently in, if they are to their rivalry with United follow- He also faced heavy criticism match at Old Trafford a month keep their Champions League hopes ing some heated recent meetings. over his tactics, with Blues later, as Herrera marked Hazard alive. Chelsea are at home and would It was a fi xture that had plenty keeper Thibaut Courtois accusing out of the game in a 2-0 United like to keep their home record clean of talking points last season, him of setting up his side to kick victory. Matic is returning to a fa- this season,” the Arsenal fan explained. particularly in a controversial repeatedly in a AFP miliar ground but against his former bosses Compiled by Johnson Were