{"id":300235,"date":"2023-12-12T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=300235"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:25:00","slug":"chris-sutton-three-battles-to-look-out-for-in-man-united-vs-bayern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/chris-sutton-three-battles-to-look-out-for-in-man-united-vs-bayern\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIS SUTTON: Three battles to look out for in Man United vs Bayern"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> CHRIS SUTTON: Harry Maguire faces the ultimate test in Harry Kane, Bruno Fernandes must outfox a midfield machine and Antony will have to do his defensive duties &#8211; three key player battles ahead of Manchester United against Bayern Munich<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Man United&#8217;s Champions League dreams depend on a win over Bayern Munich<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Chris Sutton presents three key battles for Wednsday&#8217;s clash at Old Trafford<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man United are stuffed if captain Bruno Fernandes says he thought Bournemouth would be easy &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester United welcome Bayern Munich on Tuesday night with their hopes of staying in the Champions League hanging by a thread.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only a win will do for Erik ten Hag&#8217;s men if they are to have a chance of dining at Europe&#8217;s top table in the New Year and they face a Bayern side unbeaten in the competition this season.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bayern were shaken by a 5-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt over the weekend and United will take confidence from that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chris Sutton picks out three key battles to watch out for at Old Trafford.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/21\/78840733-0-image-a-30_1702329446994.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United must beat Bayern Munich for a chance to stay in the Champions League<\/p>\n<h2>Bruno Fernandes vs Leon Goretzka\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The battle of the little and large. One is 5ft 10in and 69kg. The other is 6ft 2in and 82kg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes owes his club a big performance, as the captain whose needless booking against Bournemouth means he will miss Liverpool in the Premier League this Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goretzka was used in central defence in their last Champions League outing \u2013 a 0-0 draw with Copenhagen \u2013 but he is a machine in defensive midfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s an incredibly powerful player who will look to stop Fernandes from spraying those piercing passes that he loves to try.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/21\/78840441-0-image-a-18_1702329106776.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/21\/78840477-0-image-m-20_1702329122909.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes and Leon Goretzka is the battle of little and large &#8211; and the Bayern man will try to stop United&#8217;s captain with his power<\/p>\n<h2>Antony vs Alphonso Davies<\/h2>\n<p>Bayern Munich are already guaranteed to top the group, making it tricky to predict their team. But after losing 5-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, Thomas Tuchel needs a response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Davies is key to their attacking play. Nobody has been clocked at a faster speed than his 22.4mph in the Bundesliga this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Antony didn\u2019t get a lot of change out of Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez at the weekend and in all competitions this season, the \u00a386million man is on zero goals and zero assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Antony\u2019s attacking output needs improvement but he will have to put in a defensive shift as well because Davies\u2019 forward forays need tracking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/21\/78840483-0-image-m-24_1702329198763.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/21\/78840497-0-image-m-23_1702329187410.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Antony must put in a defensive shift to keep Alphonso Davies at bay &#8211; but needs to do damage at Bayern&#8217;s end\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Harry Maguire vs Harry Kane<\/h2>\n<p>If only Manchester United had gone in for Kane like they should have, the two Harrys could have been club team-mates as well as country ones.<\/p>\n<p>I admire Maguire for the way he persevered to force his way back into Erik ten Hag\u2019s line-up. He\u2019s shown himself to be a solid character in what appears a toxic changing room, even winning the Premier League\u2019s player of the month for November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kane, already on 22 goals in all competitions, is the ultimate test for a central defender.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>United desperately need to win this match and to do that, Maguire needs to stop his pal from doing from what he does best.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/21\/78840501-0-image-m-27_1702329275781.jpg\" height=\"331\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/21\/78840507-0-image-m-29_1702329287247.jpg\" height=\"331\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Harry Maguire has his work cut out because Harry Kane has 22 goalsin all competitions\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12852157\/CHRIS-SUTTON-Harry-Maguire-Harry-Kane-Bruno-Fernandes-Man-United-Bayern-Munich-Champions-League.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHRIS SUTTON: Harry Maguire faces the ultimate test in Harry Kane, Bruno Fernandes must outfox a midfield machine and Antony [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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