After a whole season of happiness, heartbreak, highs, and lows, it all comes down to this, especially for Manchester United. It is the first-ever Manchester Derby in an FA Cup final and the stakes couldn’t be any higher. Manchester City are chasing the treble, which would put them alongside United as the only English club among the teams that have won the treble.

Manchester United will pull out all stops to prevent that from happening while aiming to plunder their second trophy of the season in their last game.

City are a well-oiled machine while United are an injury-stricken outfit who have squeezed every last drop of their potential this season. Erik ten Hag was confident in his speech to Old Trafford that the players will give their all and United will need a perfect performance to beat the Cityzens.

Pep Guardiola looks to have settled on a winning formula this year on his lineups, with Stones reinvented as defensive midfield alongside Rodri and the attacking quartet of Bernardo Silva, Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish behind Gaaland. Guardiola will also have the luxury of bringing reinforcements like Julian Alvarez, Riyad Mahrez, and Phil Foden off the bench.

On the other hand, for United David de Gea will start in goal and hope for an error-free performance, while in defense they have to deal with Lisandro Martinez’s absence who will be replaced by Raphael Varane and Victor Lindelof who have formed a strong pairing.

The midfield is clear with Eriksen - Casemiro - Bruno Fernandes and in attack Anthony Martial’s injury threw a wrench into Erik ten Hag’s plans , but the back of Antony is a big boost for the team, who should start along with Rashford and Wout Weghorst.

It is no secret that Manchester United are huge underdogs for this game. Despite coming off a loss to Brentford in the Premier League, City are certain to bring their A-game to their final two fixture of the season- both finals.

Guardiola has done well to give several of his key players a much-needed rest heading into the two finals. Although that has cost the team victories in the last two games, winning the next two is more important.

Losing the last game at Brentford could also be a blessing in disguise as it lets the players know they are still beatable. So both the manager and his players will go into the next game wary of their opponents and giving it their all, instead of being overconfident.

Keeping Haaland quiet will be a challenge and in a tale of two No 9s, Martial’s absence will affect United. Although the French striker hasn’t been particularly prolific, his presence makes the team play better.

Expect United to give a good account of themselves by playing a great game but ultimately falling to a superior City side who have been under Guardiola for longer, and have more depth and individual quality.

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在经历了一整个赛季的快乐、心碎、高潮和低谷之后，一切都归结为这一点，尤其是对曼联来说。这是足总杯决赛中有史以来第一次曼彻斯特德比，赌注不能再高了。曼城正在追逐三冠王，这将使他们与曼联一起成为唯一赢得三冠王的英格兰俱乐部。

曼联将竭尽全力防止这种情况发生，同时在最后一场比赛中夺取本赛季的第二座奖杯。

曼城是一台运转良好的机器，而曼联是一支饱受伤病困扰的球队，本赛季他们已经用尽了自己的每一滴潜力。黑格在对老特拉福德的演讲中充满信心，他说球员们会全力以赴，曼联需要一场完美的比赛来击败曼城。

瓜迪奥拉似乎已经确定了今年的制胜阵容，斯通斯被改造成防守中场，与罗德里搭档，进攻四重奏贝尔纳多·席尔瓦、凯文·德布鲁因、伊尔凯·京多安和杰克·格雷利什在加兰后面。瓜迪奥拉还可以从替补席上引进像朱利安·阿尔瓦雷斯、里亚德·马赫雷斯和菲尔·福登这样的替补球员。

另一方面，对于曼联来说，大卫·德赫亚将首发进球，并希望没有失误，而在防守方面，他们必须处理利桑德罗·马丁内斯的缺席，他将由拉斐尔·瓦拉内和维克多·林德洛夫组成的强大组合取而代之。

埃里克森-卡塞米罗-费尔南德斯组成的中场很清晰，进攻端马夏尔的受伤打乱了黑格的计划，但安东尼的后腰对球队来说是一个巨大的推动，他应该和拉什福德和韦霍斯特一起首发。

众所周知，曼联在这场比赛中处于劣势。尽管在英超联赛中输给了布伦特福德，但曼城肯定会在本赛季的最后两场比赛中发挥出他们的最佳水平——两场比赛都是决赛。

瓜迪奥拉做得很好，让他的几名关键球员在两场决赛前得到了急需的休息。尽管这让球队失去了前两场比赛的胜利，但赢得接下来的两场比赛更为重要。

在布伦特福德输掉最后一场比赛也可能是因祸得福，因为这让球员们知道他们仍然是可以被击败的。所以主教练和他的球员们在下一场比赛中都会对对手保持警惕，全力以赴，而不是过于自信。

让哈兰德保持安静将是一个挑战，在两个9号的故事中，马夏尔的缺席将影响曼联。虽然这名法国前锋并不是特别高产，但他的出现让球队踢得更好。

希望曼联能打出一场精彩的比赛，但最终还是输给了在瓜迪奥拉麾下执教时间更长、更有深度和个人实力的曼城。

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