Saturday, March 14 2009. The headlines are clear. The statistics are true. The atmosphere’s right and it’s the time for the clash of Titans. It’s not those David vs. Goliath matches but a pure match of anguish, anger and history. It’s the match between Manchester United, the 17 English Premier League titles holders, against Liverpool, the 18 Division 1 titles holders. The match kicks off at 12. 45 PM GMT and it’s going to be around 8 o’clock here in Indonesia. Yet still, the atmosphere felt by the fans of these 2 teams is the same both in England and in here.
The houses of betting anywhere in the world favorite Manchester United to be the one winning this clash. But still, the chances of Liverpool winning aren’t so far making the clash is even tighter and more immense than it has been before. Manchester United are now 7 points clear at the top of the Barclays English Premier League and after looking at this gap Liverpool will surely be more determined and more thrived to make the gap between them and the current holder smaller.
Ryan Giggs, a member of Manchester United earlier said in www.manutd.com that this could be the most important Manchester United vs. Liverpool clash ever. “The atmospheres are building up and this is the perfect moment for us to finish off Liverpool’s attempt on chasing us.” said a member of United’s board today. They sure got confidence right there. Liverpool going into this game with a 5-0 aggregate win over Real Madrid. Meanwhile Man United thrashed Inter Milan 2-0 a day after. These 2 teams are well prepared for this clash. Man United, with the gaffer’s brilliance and Liverpool, with the Spaniard’s intelligence are surely going to make the atmosphere at Old Trafford unbearably magnificent. The difference is only the morale of these 2 teams. Will a 2-0 aggregate win by Man United over Inter Milan be enough to overcome the impact of a 5-0 aggregate win has on the Liverpool team? Only time and the magic of football could tell.
So, what is the most likely result to happen at Old Trafford tonight? I would surely up for a win for Man United. A 2-0 win would be decisive and would be very destructive to this year’s Liverpool league run. I would say that Rooney would be the first scorer and either Giggs or Scholes would finish them off tonight. But, I still fancy Liverpool to be up to some chances of heating things up here. If they managed to get the first goal in this game, then the clash would be much more intense. Getting a draw would be enough and getting a win would be magnifico.
So, let’s just keep our minds and hearts ready to accept whatever results turns out at Old Trafford tonight. A win for Man United would make them 10 points clear at the top of EPL but a win for Liverpool would make the gap between these two titans smaller. Whatever the result is last night, Man United will still be on top of the EPL for at least 1 more week. However, a loss’ impact on Man United could be severe while a win for Liverpool would double their strength and spirit of winning this year’s league. We’ll just wait and see. Stare and watch. Hope and pray that tonight in Manchester there will be cheers not tears.
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