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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

Does a Sunday roasting await in the latest Manchester derby?

Erik ten Hag and Pep Guardiola.
Erik and Pep collide again. Photograph: Getty Images

99 PROBLEMS. BUT …

Football Daily isn’t in the finest fettle. We were up half the night, reluctantly drinking cans of Good Times with our inconsolable cousin, Cricket Occasionally. On the plus side, at least we’re not Erik ten Hag. The poor bloke has been putting out fires ever since arriving at Old Trafford, but they keep coming. One of these days he’s going to become the first bald person in human history to go even balder due to stress. Ten Hag has two new problems. First there’s Alejandro Garnacho, who got the wrong end of the stick when somebody told him to follow Edinson Cavani’s example. Then there’s a potential Sunday roasting when Manchester City and Erling Haaland visit for the derby.

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