.... were left feeling humiliated by their Champions League performance last season.
Bottom of their group, with only 3 goals scored, that is simply not good enough for a club of United's stature. Tonight they host Celtic, are hungry for a winning start and look to hold all the cards.
They won 3-0 at Celtic Park with a "b" squad, just 6-7 weeks ago, in a pre season friendly. Wayne Rooney returns, Ryan Giggs is in top form and they face an opponent with defensive problems.
The Scottish champions are short of options in central defence, Bobo Balde is still out and Caldwell, Naylor and McManus are all carrying knocks and face late tests. They will not gain much confidence from their recent CL group "road" trips, with just one point from 9 starts. That is as poor as it gets and doesn't even include the 5-0 drubbing at Artmedia, in qualification last season .
Sir Alex is a former Rangers player, has recently loaned two players to the Glasgow club, it is highly unlikely that he will take things easy tonight, even with Arsenal the visitors to Old Trafford at the weekend.
4 points Manchester United -1.5 goals 1.88.
Back later.
Good Luck.
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