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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
John Brewin

United sense chance to be swaggering, collar-up kings of Manchester again

Erik ten Hag and Pep Guardiola
Is Erik ten Hag ready to hit back in the battle of Manchester’s bald, brilliant managers? Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

RED ALERT

Up in Granada-land, and for the first time in a long while, it’s United who are the swaggering, wisecracking, collar-up, big-coat-wearing, wrote-for-luck, our-kid, ‘ere-y’are Mancs in town. Yeah, there have been plenty of false dawns before, like when Ole first took the wheel and before José began dismantling the Corby trouser press after completing the Lowry Hotel’s video-on-demand collection. This time, though, it looks like Erik ten Hag might actually know what he’s doing.

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