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It won't be easy to return to previous form even if key players recover from injury. Manchester City is not only struggling with injuries to key players, but several other key players are also missing, making it difficult for Manchester City to make a comeback under the same manager. Next week, the Manchester derby will be another one, and I expect it to be a close match for both teams, as United haven't been at their best this season, so City will need to play their best to avoid embarrassment in front of their own fans.
Definitely they would want to struggle hard regardless of thier poor performance so as to maintain their
past history, but manchester united in the other hand would make things difficult for them since they noticed that they're not in thier right shape so they would want to capitalize on that fact, I just hope they will perform like that of thier first meeting against arsenal it was one of the best performance I have seen so far from manchester united I'm sure if they use that same strategy for manchester city there's every possibility that they would end up gaining victory over them.moreover manchester city does not have a solid defends so I'm sure that manchester united can easily penetrate if they can keep to that performance against arsenal.