Manchester United

Venue Emirates Stadium, Sunday 4pm

Tickets Sold out

Last season Arsenal 1 Man Utd 0

Referee Mike Dean

This season’s matches 17 Y53, R1, 3.18 cards per game

Odds Arsenal 7-4 Man Utd 13-8 Draw 12-5

Subs from Amos, De Gea, Evans, Park, Berbatov, Giggs, Smalling, F da Silva, Diouf, Pogba, Keane, Fryers, De Laet

Doubtful Welbeck (knee)

Injured Anderson (calf, 28 Jan), Cleverley (ankle, 5 Feb), Owen (thigh ,11 Feb), Young (ankle, 11 Feb), Vidic (knee, Aug), Fletcher (illness, unknown)

Suspended None

Form guide WLLWWW

Disciplinary record Y25 R1

Leading scorer Rooney 13

On Thursday, first-team stars Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans and Phil Jones took part in a cooking challenge to celebrate Chinese New Year.

The players went to Wings, a Chinese restaurant in Manchester city centre, to learn to cook some traditional Chinese dishes, before fiercely competing to be crowned king of the kitchen in a special MUTV programme called Red Dragons’ Kitchen.

Click the image above to see some behind-the-scenes photos from the day, and look out for the full programme on MUTV soon to see how the lads did – and who won!

United are celebrating Chinese New Year (23 January) with a dedicated section of competitions, features, videos and wallpapers on our Chinese site. Visit www.manutd.com/cny to find out more.

“There is no doubt that he is a quiet guy, he does not make a lot of noise, but you can feel his presence. The way he does things is something to live up to. That experience gives us something to look at and see how to be in this situation.

“When times are tough, or when they are good, you look at Scholesy and see how he is handling it, what he’s doing, how he deals with the pressure.

“You won’t get many words out of him. He thinks before he speaks. That is how it is. But he is one of the most respected guys in the team, and when he does open his mouth, it goes silent.

“People are listening.”

Stand-in captain Patrice Evra believes the return of Manchester United’s injured players will help guide the Reds to title success in the Premier League this season.

Sir Alex’s men secured a 3-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers on Saturday, and still have the likes of Phil Jones, Ashley Young and Tom Cleverley to return to the team.

“Everyone’s coming back and in great form,” Evra told MUTV after the game. “We still have some injuries but I think when everyone is back fit, it will give us the strength to win the title.”

The left-back also says it’s important to stop discussing rivals Manchester City instead concentrate on winning games.

“We have to keep talking about Manchester United. The most important thing was winning today. After that, it doesn’t matter if they [City] win, lose or draw.

“We just need to have a rest and focus on the next game. I think people talk a lot about City, but we just need to be focused on what we do and how we play, and I think we’re going to win the league.

“Today was a good afternoon for us. It was an important game, after the [FA Cup] win against City, to show we are really confident and we are back. It was really important to win today.”

The 37-year-old midfielder started his first Premier League match with the club following his shock return last Sunday, scoring the Red Devils’ first goal in their 3-0 win over Bolton.

And his team-mate feels they are already reaping the rewards of having the veteran back in their squad as Sir Alex Ferguson’s men aim to win the league title again.

“It was brilliant to see [Paul] Scholes get that goal,” said Lindegaard “I think he played brilliantly until he came off in the second-half and he is giving us a bit more safety in the team.

“He’s got a lot of experience we can benefit from and he was brilliant [against Bolton]. He is a man to look up to. He’s been in the game for so long. No-one knows Manchester United as well as he does.”

And when asked about his fight to be Manchester United’s first choice goalkeeper with David De Gea, the Dane, who has started seven Premier League games this season, admitted that as long as he is playing games at the club he is happy.

“Everyone wants to play as much as possible,” added Lindegaard: “I’m no different from anyone else but I don’t need a definition on my position.

“I enjoy every game I play in, every game I play for Manchester United is a massive privilege for me and I don’t look at it in the same way as [the media] looks at it.”

The Ecuadorian, who has been playing at right-back in recent weeks, returned to his natural position on the right side of midfield to put in an excellent performance against Trotters defender Sam Ricketts.

“I think he ate a motor,” Evra joked to the club’s official website. “He was unbelievable.

“I don’t know the left-back of Bolton, but I’m sure he had muscle problems after the game. Antonio’s so powerful.

“It’s just great to see Antonio back [on the wing] and in great form.”

Midfielder Michael Carrick also had praise for the winger, insisting opposition full-backs must find it difficult to defend against him. 

He said: “He’s really on his game at the moment, and has been for a good number of matches. We just keep giving him the ball and he carries it up the pitch and creates opportunities for us. It’s great to see him playing like that and it must be horrible to play against.”

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Subs United XI : De Gea, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Hernandez, Fabio, Pogba

Venue Old Trafford, Saturday 3pm

Tickets Sold out

Last season Man Utd 1 Bolton 0

Referee Peter Walton

This season’s matches 11 Y36, R1, 3.36 cards per game

Odds Man Utd 3-20 Bolton 14-1 Draw 13-2

Subs from De Gea, Amos, Evans, Giggs, Berbatov, Park, Hernández, F da Silva, Scholes, R da Silva, Keane, Fryers, Diouf

Doubtful F da Silva (hamstring), Evans (calf), Jones (knee), Smalling (thigh)

Injured Cleverley (foot, 11 Feb), Owen (thigh, 11 Feb), Young (ankle, 11 Feb), Fletcher (illness, unknown), Vidic (knee, Aug)

Suspended None

Form guide LLWWWW

Disciplinary record Y25 R1

Leading scorer Rooney 13

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