THIS SATURDAY FULHAM VS MANCHESTER UNITED.

Dimitar Berbatov: Misses out against former club

 

Manchester United have the chance to extend their lead to 10 points when they visit Fulham on Saturday.

United travel to Craven Cottage for the evening kick-off in the knowledge that they can heap further pressure on rivals Manchester City ahead of their clash with Liverpool the following day.
Sir Alex Ferguson's side will surely go into this contest in confident mood given that they made easy work of beating Fulham 4-1 last weekend in an FA Cup fourth-round tie at Old Trafford.
Wayne Rooney netted in that game and added a further two goals against Southampton in midweek to show there is more to the Red Devils' forward line than Robin van Persie.
But for Fulham boss Martin Jol, it's a former United forward causing concern as Dimitar Berbatov misses out with hamstring problem.
That's a big blow for the home side as the 32-year-old has scored eight goals this season - six of them in the first half of games - and the stage looked set for the mercurial Bulgarian to give his old employers a scare at the weekend.
Of course, United have had a few of those this season. They have fallen behind an astonishing 12 times this season, including against Fulham in their first home league game of the campaign.
But even more remarkably, Ferguson's side have gone on to win nine of those games - starting with that 3-2 triumph over Jol's men back in August..