Jose Mourinho, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Manchester United’s stars looked focused while arriving to training ahead of City derby

Dec 07, 2017

MANCHESTER UNITED looked focused and ready this morning as they arrived for training ahead of the vital derby this weekend.

Jose Mourinho was spotted being chauffeured into Carrington with his mind on the job as the Red Devils prepare to take on City.

Jose Mourinho looked relaxed by focused on the job as he arrived to Manchester United training

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not expected to start the derby, but could still make the bench

Michael Carrick is back in contention at United after a mysery illness, and looked ready for the challenge ahead

United lie eight points behind Pep Guardiola’s side in second and face their unbeaten rivals in what already feels like a must-win clash.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Romelu Lukaku, Michael Carrick and the rest of the squad also looked fully concentrated on the match while driving in their luxury sports cars.

Juan Mata arrived with Ander Herrera as his passenger, while Victor Lindelof looked up for the task at hand ahead of Sunday’s game.

United have been in decent form recently in the league, having not lost since the start of November in a 1-0 away defeat at Chelsea.

Romelu Lukaku had a starring role in United’s 3-1 win at Arsenal last week and will look to be on form against City

Ander Herrera was driven into Carrington by Juan Mata, who lives close to him

Victor Lindelof looks to have found some consistency at the heart of the United defence

Mourinho’s men produced a stunning win last week, as they travelled to Arsenal and came away with a 3-1 victory.

Jesse Lingard was in fine form, scoring twice as the ex-Chelsea chief got one over on his old rival Arsene Wenger.

And Chelsea legend Frank Lampard believes United are one of only two clubs who can catch City in the title race.

Nemanja Matic missed the Arsenal match, but was back in training this morning

Incredible stats have also revealed how Marouane Fellaini could be the key man in the Manchester derby, in place of Paul Pogba.

The Red Devils have performed considerably better with the ex-Everton ace in the team instead of the French Euro 2016 finalist.

Without the pair, United concede more, score less and play host to a far inferior win percentage, and Mourinho will already be without the suspended Pogba this weekend.

Tags: Football

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