Man United and Manchester City fixtures confirmed for early May
Erik ten Hag, Manchester United manager (left) and Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager
Erik ten Hag, Manchester United manager (left) and Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager
Manchester United and Man City have been clearly informed of the Premier League fixtures ahead of the match.
United's matches against Brighton and West Ham United have been rescheduled while Man City's fixtures against the Hammers and Leeds United have been confirmed.
Erik ten Hag's side faced a backlog in the final months of the season as they progressed in cup competitions. United won the Carabao Cup earlier this season and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the last eight Europa League teams.
That means they face a tumultuous final two months of the campaign as they chase two more trophies and a place in the Premier League top four. United's match against Brighton, postponed for the FA Cup quarter-final clash, has now been rescheduled.
The trip to Amex will take place on Thursday 4 May with the match kicking off at 8pm and will be shown live on Sky Sports. As a result, United's match against West Ham has been moved to Sunday 7 May. This match will start at 19:00 and will be broadcast on BT Sport channel.
United's Premier League game at home to Chelsea, originally scheduled for April 22 but canceled due to United's presence in the FA Cup semi-finals, has yet to be set. Meanwhile, Man City take on West Ham at Etihad Stadium on Wednesday, May 3 (8pm) with Sky Sports broadcasting the match. Pep Guardiola's side then head to Leeds on Sunday 7 May for a 2pm kick-off, although that game depends on Man City's potential commitments in the Champions League midweek and therefore can still go on.
The Premier League confirmed the fixtures for the first week of May on Thursday, apologizing to supporters for the delay in announcing the fixtures. The league said it was taking longer than expected to close matches due to complications in scheduling the King and Queen's coronation weekend.
The Premier League has also confirmed that the temporarily revised announcement dates for week 36 and 37 matches have been set for April 6 and April 14 respectively, meaning the next round will be played. before any changes are made, to facilitate planning.
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England manager Gareth Southgate said Phil Foden had no problem being substituted just 11 minutes after the game against Italy on Thursday night.
The Three Lions put on a stellar first-half performance in Napoli and deserved a two-goal lead after goals from Declan Rice and Harry Kane, with the captain becoming his country's top scorer. .
But they had to try in a much more difficult second half, with debutant Mateo Retegui pulling back a goal shortly after starting again.
Foden was brought on in the 69th minute as England looked to regain control of the game, but just 10 minutes later Southgate was forced to make a change as Luke Shaw received two yellow cards in a 54-second space.
The England manager chose to sacrifice Foden, replacing him with Kieran Trippier, but Southgate says the Manchester City player fully understood the decision and told him afterwards. Asked if he had spoken to Foden to explain the replacement, Southgate said:
'No, he came up to me and said 'I know, I get it' - he knew exactly what we needed to do.
England midfielder Phil Foden
Foden struggled to find a starting position under Southgate
Obviously you don't want to do that, but we have to have full-backs.
"And we felt the change in form when they had to play around us but with enough body to deal with the crosses, but with the full-backs to stop those crosses, that's the way. Fit."
Declan Rice also received praise from his manager, as the West Ham captain put in a stellar performance, especially in the second half when England were under a lot of pressure.
Southgate continued:
Yes, Declan had a top performance in midfield. I think he, Kalvin [Phillips] and Jude [Bellingham], and with the other team's level of experience, are excellent. We put a lot of pressure on them. There were a lot of times when it was a really good performance by the whole team and a lot of times when the midfielder had to do the basics to get the second ball and then you attack and it was a bad move. But it really matters in the context of the game.
England's trip to Italy was arguably the toughest match of their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign and they went away with all three points, and they will be hoping for another win when England visit Ukraine. at Wembley on Sunday.
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