United Updates

Sir Alex has admitted that he is surprised at how his side have dealt with the tough matches so far this season and has warned that the games will not get any easier as the season wears on. United have so far won 1-2 away at West Brom, beaten Tottenham 3-0, thrashed Arsenal 8-2 and have now put 5 goals past Bolton in scoring a record 18 goals in the opening 4 games so far. "When I saw the programme to begin with I thought it would be tough but the boys are coping with it very well," Sir Alex told MUTV. "There are a lot of big games coming up. We've got Chelsea next Sunday and we've got to go to Lisbon on Wednesday which is an important game. Benfica have always been tremendous opponents of ours and it'll be another hard game." Sir Alex also took the time to praise our little Mexican, who scored a brace in the first game of the new Premier League season. "He's a menace to any defender," the Boss said of Chicharito. "If y...

United have been drawn in Group C of the UEFA Champions League alongside Benfica, FC Basel and Otelul Galati. Sir Bobby Charlton fittingly pulled out Benfica, the team he helped conquer in the 1968 European Cup final, at the ceremony as Sir Alex's side start on the road to Munich looking to go one better than last season. United, who were the very first team drawn in Monaco, also meet Swiss outfit FC Basel, who got a draw at Old Trafford in 2003, and Romanian newcomers Otelul Galati whose name will soon become more familiar with Reds fans. Group A: Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Man City, Napoli. Group B: Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor. Group C: United, Benfica, Basel, Otelul Galati. Group D: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb. Group E: Chelsea, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Genk. Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiacos, Borussia Dortmund. Group G: Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, Apoel Nicosia. Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, BATE Borisov, Vikto...

Barclays Premier League Champions- Manchester United, will start they bid to retain their title at the Hawthorns against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, August 13. Liverpool will host Sunderland, Manchester City will host promoted Swansea, Arsenal are awway at Newcastle and Stoke will host Chelsea. Other newly promoted teams- QPR and Norwich will play Bolton and Wigan respectively.