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The Red Devils have won all three of their pre-season games in convincing fashion including the 2 - 0 victory over rivals Manchester City on Wednesday, but Mourinho is still eager to add at least one signing to his ranks with the midfield, in particular, in need of strengthening ahead of the 2017/18 season.

City's record - breaking sequence of 14 successive Premier League wins was capped by a 2 - 1 victory over rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Although it seems like a long time ago, Manchester United «s players headed off for international duty in high spirits after a 1 - 0 win over rivals Manchester City.

City are the most exciting team in the Premier League currently and at no point have they looked under threat — holding a dominant lead over rivals Manchester United at the top of the table.

Barcelona are reportedly looking into signing Mesut Ozil in the January transfer window, giving Arsenal a perfect opportunity to get one over rivals Manchester United.

British sports retail Sports Direct have carried out research into their shirt - sales across the UK — and the figures show Manchester United unquestionably have the edge over rivals Manchester City, reports Eurosport.

While it's clearly a big boost for United to get one over rivals Manchester City, who had long been tipped as the favourites for the Chile international, Neville also believes Jose Mourinho may have done so out of fear of Liverpool overtaking them in the Premier League.

Antonio Conte will surely be pleased with what Morata has brought to the table so far, particularly after his winning goal in last weekend's crucial victory over rivals Manchester United.

Not exact matches

It was his sublime back - heel that set up Hazard's winner against rivals Manchester United at the end of May, which secured a key victory over their rivals.

Despite all that the big striker has still been chosen by Didier Deschamps over the Manchester United forward Anthony Martial, highlighting the huge difference between Arsenal and our Premier League rivals at the minute.

Arsenal sealed their place in the Champions League for next season tonight, thanks to London rivals West Ham's win over Manchester United, so we thought we'd take a brief look into who could possibly aid us in the bid for Champions League glory next year.

After being snubbed by Jamie Vardy this is the chance for Arsene Wenger to prove that he has the ambition to match our bank balance, and even better, to get one over our oil - rich rivals Manchester City.

Today's announcement that Pep Guardiola will replace Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City at the end of the season has opened the door for Jose Mourinho to take over at their most bitter rivals.

Arsenal have had a difficult start to the Premier League campaign, despite successive 1 - 0 victories over West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, leaving them a long way adrift of rivals Chelsea and Manchester City in the battle for top spot in the English top flight, which already looks like very much being a two horse race.

There was just one goal scored over two legs of the Champions League quarter - final between Spanish rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid — coming from Manchester United loanee Chicharito.

Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has emerged as a strong favourite to take over from Brendan Rodgers as manager of Liverpool, report the Mail, if the Reds do decide to dispense with the Northern Irishman after a dismal run of form that continued with a 3 - 0 defeat to fierce rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford today.

Just over a week remains of this summer's transfer window, and many of the biggest deals of the summer have already happened, with Brazil starlet Neymar completing a much - anticipated move to Barcelona, Manchester City target Isco moving from Malaga to Real Madrid, and Mario Goetze moving from Borussia Dortmund to rivals Bayern Munich.

Both men picked up their fifth bookings of the season and in turn will sit out a game through suspension, but with a nine - point buffer over their rivals, Conte will be delighted that his side have piled the pressure on them to respond with Arsenal and Manchester City facing each other on Sunday.

The Red Devils have spent over # 200million on the likes of Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera since the Dutch boss replaced David Moyes at the helm last summer in an attempt to restore the club as genuine title challengers to the likes of Chelsea and fierce rivals Manchester City.

Can he continue to work his magic so Manchester City finishes with bragging rights over their Manchester United rivals?

Manchester United loanee Javier Hernandez scored a last minute winner to take Real Madrid through to the Champions League semi-finals after a 1 - 0 win over local rivals Atletico Madrid.

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Sanchez, as reported by the Sun, was left devastated on deadline day after his proposed # 60M move to rivals Manchester City fell through, with the Gunners themselves coming close to securing a deal for 21 - year - old Lemar, as the north London side made a # 92M move to replace the Chilean, however Wenger's side failed to get a deal over the line for the player.

The Blues have been plagued by injuries in the middle of the park this term, with N'Golo Kante currently out and the likes of Tiemoue Bakayoko and Danny Drinkwater also suffering knocks since the hasty sale of Nemanja Matic to rivals Manchester United over the summer.

Manchester United secured a 2 - 0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor on Sunday as they closed the gap on their rivals for a top - four finish in the Premier League.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is reportedly set to go head - to - head with Manchester City rival Pep Guardiola over Kasper Schmeichel.

Chelsea winger Willian appeared to mock Arsenal over the departure of Alexis Sanchez to rivals Manchester United in this January's transfer window.

This win for Arsenal over Premier League rivals Manchester United saw a great all round performance from the Gunners, both in attack and defence and there were lots of candidates for the Man of the Match, such as Petr Cech who made three crucial saves, Alexis Sanchez for his two great goals and Theo Walcott for his best game at centre forward, but for me it was Mesut Ozil who stood out with his sublime passing, movement, vision and work rate.

It surely will be difficult to hand over a star like Sanchez to the rivals of Manchester City, but the chief has only one mission ahead of him — to get the team out of this crisis.

How low can you get, why buy a player who has played 9 years for Manchester United who over almost his entire career sees both Mr Wenger as a Manager and Arsenal football club a long term rival and enemy to his formar club.

United are 16 points behind rivals Manchester City in the Premier League title race, with their hopes of finally winning the trophy again after a long wait surely already over before the end of February.

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I am not just trying to be different in picking Theo Walcott as my Man of the Match from the Arsenal win over title rivals Manchester City last night, even though the obvious choice was our king of assists Mesut Ozil, who put in another performance full of quality and class.

With 13 games remaining in the season, the Blues boast an eight - point gap over nearest rivals Manchester City and in turn look on course to reclaim the title.

There are reports all over the football media about Wilshere being a transfer target for our Premier League rivals Man City, with this one in the Daily Star claiming that the Manchester club will open up with a big bid of around # 40 million for the 23 - year old, if they fail to land their primary target Paul Pogba from Juventus that is.

Manchester City will be keen to leapfrog Arsenal in the Premier League table this weekend with a win over their rivals, but will have to do so without some key men.

Just like this weekend's clash with Manchester United, that was a big game against a strong rival and one that we have struggled against over the last 10 years or so.

However based on the run of form of both clubs and given that Arsenal already have an edge over their Manchester rivals in the league table, I fancy the Gunners to have the better chances going into the game.

A win over the Red Devils will pull us to within a point of second in the table, although would give Premier League leaders Manchester City the chance to pull 11 points clear of their nearest rivals with only 15 matches completed.

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has been given some shock advice over his future and told he should consider leaving the club for one of their Premier League rivals.

This would be a crushing blow for United and their hopes of closing the gap on rivals Manchester City next term, but it appears they are prepared to play hardball over the player's potential exit.

An unlikely win for Manchester United over their derby rivals, having been 2 - 0 down at the break, prolonged the inevitable.

After inflicting on league leaders and rivals Manchester City - their first defeat at home in over 70 weeks, Manchester United continue their push for second - place against a struggling West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Manchester City extending their lead at the top of English Premier League as they are now eight points ahead of their nearest rivals following Pep Guardiola's men 3 - 1 victory over Arsenal.

For the third week running, United have the opportunity to steal a march over their rivals and take hold of top spot once again, before the likes of Manchester City, Leicester and Liverpool take the field later in the weekend.

The equation was simple for Jose Mourinho's side on Sunday after Manchester City's 3 - 1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur — win, or suffer the ignominy of enabling their derby rival's coronation.

Liverpool simply can not rival this level of power; over the Ferguson era, Manchester United developed into a truly global club, with it being traded on the NYSE, dominating English football during the growth of commercial football, and with a club value of the same calibre as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Another week of Premier League action is over; it was good for Manchester City who won as their rivals didn't.

Sir Alex Ferguson, the former Manchester United boss with whom he feuded over several titles, said he was «proud to have been a rival, a colleague and a friend to such a great man.»

Last year United lost 4 - 1 to Manchester rivals City following victory over Bayern Levekusen in their opening Champions League, but then claimed four wins and one draw.