Arsenal appear to be playing a reserve team against defending champions Manchester United, which is totally - totally - going to go well you guys. Then again, Arsene Wenger hasn't had much success with his first team at Old Trafford in the past few years, so he might as well change things up a bit, eh?
Manchester United Vs. Arsenal: Lineups
Sir Alex Ferguson is most definitely not changing things up. The same eleven who (eventually) cruised past Tottenham Hotspur last weekend start here, with Rio Ferdinand fit to make the bench. Danny Welbeck still keeps both Chicharito and Dimitar Berbatov off the team, which is funny.
Also, I have no idea who Francis Coquelin is. I imagine United fans will be looking forward to the introduction.
Manchester United (4-4-1-1): David de Gea; Patrice Evra, Johnny Evans, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling; Nani, Tom Cleverly, Anderson, Ashley Young; Wayne Rooney; Danny Welbeck.
Substitutes: Anders Lindegaard, Fabio da Silva, Rio Ferdinand, Park Ji-Sung, Ryan Giggs, Chicharito, Dimitar Berbatov.
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Wojciech Szczesny; Armand Traore, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Carl Jenkinson; Francis Coquelin, Aaron Ramsey; Andrei Arshavin, Tomas Rosicky, Theo Walcott; Robin van Persie.
Substitutes: Lukasz Fabianski, Oguzhan Ozyakup*, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Marouane Chamakh, Ignasi Miquel, Henri Lansbury, Gilles Sunu.
*At least 145 points in scrabble right there.
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