United camp hit by food poisoning wave
Since Sunday’s home Premier League match against Leeds United had to be postponed as a shortage of police officers due to the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, United remained idle over the weekend. It’s unclear how severely the illness would have impacted the Red Devils, had the game at Old Trafford taken place.
All of the impacted players were able to leave for international duty, and some of the players who missed training on Friday were able to return on Saturday. United will now look to conduct more investigation on the matter, to ensure that such a scenario doesn’t repeat itself.
After the international break, on October 2, United’s turnaround under Ten Hag, which has seen them win five of their previous six games across all competitions, will be put to the test when they take on Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
The following Thursday, United will travel to Cyprus to play Omonia Nicosia in another away match in Europe. After United’s opening group game loss at home to Real Sociedad by a score of 1-0, the victory over Sheriff was the perfect answer.
New boss Erik Ten Hag has now led his side to five wins in the Red Devils’ last six games.
They are on a run of four Premier League wins on the bounce, following two embarrassing opening two games that saw a 2-1 home defeat to Brighton and 4-0 thrashing at Brentford.
However, after beating Liverpool and league leaders Arsenal more recently, United will fancy their chances at getting a result at the Etihad and will go to that fixture with much confidence, given that they have caused lots of upsets over the years.
Though City won this exact fixture by a dominant 4-1 scoreline last season, a much closer encounter is expected this time around.
