<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/everton_logo_crest_002.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9815" title="everton_logo_crest_002" src="http://www.thehardtackle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/everton_logo_crest_002-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" /></a><strong>EVERTON</strong><a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/man-utd-badge-e1281855491556.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-8467" title="man utd badge" src="http://www.thehardtackle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/man-utd-badge-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" /></a><strong> v MANCHESTER UNITED</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Goodison Park, Liverpool</em> September 11, 2010; 5:15 PM IST – Live on ESPN</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Manchester United</em> travel to <em>Goodison Park</em> to play first of three big matches in a grueling eight-day period. With <em>Rangers</em> and <em>Liverpool</em> in line, <em>Sir Alex</em> will be hoping to gain maximum points from this fixture. The game will be under a greater spotlight, as <em>Wayne Rooney</em> returns to his boyhood club amidst problems surrounding his private life.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Everton</em> boss <em>David Moyes</em> would be keen to turn around the worst start for <em>Everton </em>in eleven years, as his team has managed only one point in the first three games of the new season. Their only point came against lowly <em>Wolves</em> at home, while they have suffered away defeats to <em>Aston Villa and Blackburn</em> in the other two games.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 0px initial initial;" title="Football - Everton v Aston Villa FA Cup Fifth Round" src="http://view1.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/3990289/football-everton-aston/football-everton-aston.jpg?size=380&imageId=3990289" border="0" alt="Football - Everton v Aston Villa FA Cup Fifth Round - Goodison Park - 15/2/09..Jack Rodwell celebrates scoring the first goal for Everton Photo via Newscom" width="350" height="210" /><em>Sidelined until Christmas!</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Although<em> Everton</em> started the season rather unfamiliarly with almost no injury concerns, they have suffered a major blow as <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8987157.stm" target="_blank">starlet Jack Rodwell has been ruled out</a> until Christmas following an ankle injury incurred at <em>Villa Park</em>. <em>Luis Saha</em> will also be missing the game, after he lasted only ten minutes of his international return for France, but club-captain <em>Phil Neville</em> is fit and expected to be involved.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Manchester United</em>, on the other hand, will be hoping to go top of the table , with <em>Chelsea and Arsenal </em>not playing until later in the day. <em>Sir Alex </em>would be hoping for an improved performance from his team’s last two outings at this ground. Last season, his team was completely outplayed in a 3-1 defeat ,while they could only manage a draw the season before.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>United </em>would welcome<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/10/rio-ferdinand-manchester-united" target="_blank"> the return of Rio Ferdinand</a>, who has been out with injury since the end of last season. After <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/20/rio-ferdinand-manchester-united-september" target="_blank">initially being ruled out till the end of September</a>, <em>Rio</em> has made recovery ahead of schedule, much to the delight of the fans and his manager. On the other hand, <em>United</em> have suffered a setback with <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/sep/10/manchester-united-michael-carrick-england" target="_blank">Michael Carrick being ruled out for three weeks due to an Achilles problem</a>. <em>Anderson</em> suffered a knock in midweek while playing for the reserves and is not in the squad for this game. <em>Brown and Neville</em> are also nearing first team return, while <em>Hargreaves</em> continues to be a long-term absentee.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Probable Starting Line-ups</strong></span></p> <img style="border: 0px initial initial;" src="http://this11.com/boards/1284118036638498.jpg" border="0" alt="Football Fans Know Better" width="269" height="412" /> <img style="border: 0px initial initial;" src="http://this11.com/boards/1284181108606251.jpg" border="0" alt="Football Fans Know Better" width="269" height="412" /> <span style="color: #000000;"><strong><strong><strong>Key Match Facts</strong></strong></strong></span> <p style="text-align: justify;">1) <em>Everton</em> are unbeaten at home since November, when <em>Liverpool </em>beat them 2-0. 2) <em>United </em>have not lost away from home since their defeat in the corresponding fixture last season. 3) <em>Wayne Rooney</em> last scored an away goal in the league at the Emirates in January. 4) <em>Cahill</em> is two short of a century of Premier League goals.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><strong><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #000000;">TheHardTackle’s Player To Watch Out For</span></span> </strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)</em></span></span></strong></span></strong></strong></strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000000;">All eyes would be on him for more reasons than one. He is expected to <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=821528&sec=england&cc=4716&cc=4716" target="_blank">get a hostile reception from the Everton faithful</a> as they still cast their eyes upon him as a betrayer. The alleged claims of infidelity on <em>Rooney</em> would also provide a cause for the raised voice of the home fans. <em>Rooney</em> dealt with the pressure<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTkUI1vVtlM" target="_blank"> brilliantly while playing for England</a>, but this is a different cup of tea all together. <em>Everton</em> defenders might find difficult to cope with him if he continues his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhRX2oMXQLs" target="_blank">last week's form.</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 0px initial initial;" title="Wayne Rooney England 2010/11" src="http://view4.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9660246/wayne-rooney-england-2010/wayne-rooney-england-2010.jpg?size=380&imageId=9660246" border="0" alt="Wayne Rooney England 2010/11 Switzerland V England (1-3) Group G 07/09/10 UEFA Euro2012 Qualifier Photo Robin Parker Fotosports International Photo via Newscom" width="320" height="350" /><em>Man to watch out for more than one reason</em></span></p> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #000000;">TheHardTackle’s PREDICTION</span></span> </strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em> </em></span></strong></div> <div style="text-align: left;"></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><em>Everton 0-2 Manchester United</em></span> </strong>The <em>Red Devils</em> will be looking to build on their good start to the season. <em>Everton</em> will find it hard to score, with their top strikers out due to injury and <em>Ferdinand</em> back for <em>United</em>.</div> <script src="http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.js" type="text/javascript"></script>