sport news DANNY MURPHY: How Man United can wreck Man City's Treble dreams in the FA Cup ... trends now

sport news DANNY MURPHY: How Man United can wreck Man City's Treble dreams in the FA Cup ... trends now
sport news DANNY MURPHY: How Man United can wreck Man City's Treble dreams in the FA Cup ... trends now

sport news DANNY MURPHY: How Man United can wreck Man City's Treble dreams in the FA Cup ... trends now

DANNY MURPHY: Deploy Fred as the midfield 'spoiler' with Casemiro, unleash Marcus Rashford through the middle and BAN David de Gea from passing short... How Man United can wreck Man City's Treble dreams in the FA Cup final Erik ten Hag's side have the chance to ruin City's Treble ambitions at Wembley Marcus Rashford should be deployed through the middle to test City's defence David de Gea needs to be discouraged from trying to play the ball out 

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Manchester United will want nothing more than to wreck Manchester City's ambitions of emulating their 1999 Treble triumph when they meet in Saturday's FA Cup final.

Although Pep Guardiola's side will start as overwhelming favourites at Wembley, Erik ten Hag has demonstrated enough tactical acumen this season to come up with an effective game plan.

United were thrashed 6-3 by City when they met at the Etihad early in the season but gained some revenge with a 2-1 success at Old Trafford.

In a one-off match, with all the pressure heaped on City, they should fancy their chances of an upset - but everything must go perfectly to plan.

The Mail on Sunday's DANNY MURPHY takes a look at three areas where United can get the better of City and smash their triple-trophy dreams.

It's going to be tough for Manchester United to beat City at Wembley - but not impossible. Here are three things I believe Erik ten Hag has to do.

Erik ten Hag knows his game plan has to be excellent to get the better of Pep Guardiola

Erik ten Hag knows his game plan has to be excellent to get the better of Pep Guardiola

Fred did an excellent man-marking job on Kevin De Bruyne in January's Manchester derby

Fred did an excellent man-marking job on Kevin De Bruyne in

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