Manchester City's win over Pointless United yesterday means that we can't go top of the league today, but a win against United would move us level on points with them and two behind Pellegrini's team. After the week we've had, it's hard to know exactly how the manager will set his team up for this. He will know how restorative a win would be, how that would change the mood and restore some faith and confidence. At the same time though, he must also know how badly losing would go down and all the positives a win would bring are mirrored by the negatives of defeat. It remains to be seen if that will have an influence on his approach to the game, but in terms of selection there's likely to be...
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