3. No Rooney, van Persie
In the pre-match press conference earlier today, Manchester United manager David Moyes confirmed that strikers Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie will miss the champions’ trip to Chelsea on Sunday. This will come as a big blow to the Red Devils, who were undoubtedly hoping that the strikers could regain their fitness back in time for the big game.
Rooney has been the most important player for United this season, having scored 9 goals and created 40 chances in the Premier League this season- Patrice Evra is a distant second having created 23 chances. Van Persie has also been crucial, despite missing 9 of their last 10 league games, and is their third highest scorer in the league with 7 goals. Taking away a total of 16 goals and 49 chances created from the team, really leaves it kind of thread bare (stats as per squawka). The question is if United fail to create chances and score goals, how will they win?