The 27 year - old is yet to bag an
assist in the league this season however, and I'm personally a little concerned that the contract situation is distracting him slightly.
Schalke Vs Hoffenheim — Coppa Italia (2015 - 16 season) For the first
time in league season of 2015 - 16 of Bundesliga, Schalke will host Hoffenheim at Veltins - Arena (Gelsenkirchen).
The deserved win made it 20 games
unbeaten in the league this season for United, who opened up a lead of three points over Manchester City and five on Arsenal ahead of their meeting at the Emirates Stadium on
United aimed to protect their unbeaten home
record in the league this season against a West Ham side with a proven pedigree away from home, having already collected the scalps of Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea.
Mohamed Salah, one of the best
players in the league this season with 31 goals in all competitions, pocketed by United's 2nd choice left back Ashley Young, who isn't even a left back.
Moreover, over a decade has passed since Chelsea last lost three league matches on the trot, a record they would rewrite on Sunday should they suffer another shock defeat at a venue where Newcastle have won just
twice in the league all season long.
Despite Sunderland
struggling in the league this season, Mignolet has been one of their most consistent performers and the club would likely find themselves even closer to the relegation zone were it not for his heroics.
Barcelona are yet to lose a game so
far in the league this season, despite the fact that they've had very difficult away ties to all of Valencia, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid to contest with, and their 3 - 0 win over Real showed exactly why Barca are so hard to beat under Valverde.
Fortunately for Conte, the Serie A side deploy a 3 -5-2 system like their arch-rivals Juventus and Zappacosta has featured 18 times
in the league this season in that position.
David Wagner's side were the first team to beat
United in the league this season with Jose Mourinho looking for a response from that and the defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on Wednesday evening which saw Christian Eriksen score in the first 11 second of the match and Phil Jones score an own goal in the match.
Many expected that Hazard would really step up and stand out as the best player
in the league this season after Luis Suarez's departure to Barcelona, but in truth he hasn't quite improved as much as expected, and is still some way from being at that truly special level that the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo have been for their clubs before.
City loanees Pablo Maffeo, Aleix García, Douglas Luiz and Marlos Moreno could be crucial in helping Girona
stay in the league this season, and they will not be an easy proposition for any team in La Liga.
Tottenham could go unbeaten at home for the first time
in a league season since 1964/65 (W16 D2 L0 this season) and with their big winning streak at the Lane, that is just one short of their club record run of 14 between January and October 1987.