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United’s nightmare run
- Updated: September 22, 2016
Manchester United play four games in three competitions in October that may decide the success of Jose Mourinho’s first season at the club.
United beat Northampton Town 3-1 in the EFL Cup third round on Wednesday night to end a run of three straight defeats for the club.
Those loses came against Watford and Manchester City in the Premier League, while sandwiched in between was a 1-0 reverse at Feyenoord in the Europa League.
However, after a trio of home clashes against champions Leicester, live on Sky Sports 1, and bottom-of-the-table Stoke in the league, as well as Zorya Luhansk in the Europa League, Mourinho’s side face a stern examination of their credentials following the international break.
And if things do not go according to plan for Mourinho’s side across that crucial eight-day period, United could find themselves effectively out of three competitions after just two months of the season.
Premier LeagueOctober 17: Liverpool (a)
The first of those four daunting fixtures comes at Anfield on Monday Night Football, when the atmosphere is sure to be red hot.
Liverpool have made an impressive start to the campaign, while the Reds – who beat United the last time the two teams met at Anfield in the Europa League in March …
