Manchester United is gearing up for it UEFA Champions League match on Wednesday with Bayer Leverkusen at BayArena and the team will be without Robin van Persie for the group game, as he is out with an injury and that could be trouble for the club as they try to get into the knockout round with a win here and the match is streaming online from Fox Soccer 2 Go starting at 2:45 pm ET and the match is crucial for both sides.
Man U comes in after pulling off a draw with Cardiff City and before that the team had a 1-0 win over Arsenal in Premier League play and now the team has another big match after last having a draw with Real Sociedad in their last match in the league. The team now has some big games coming up in the next couple weeks in the Premier League and then the team plays against Shakhtar Donetsk at Old Trafford and that will be important if the team can't pull off a win on Wednesday and the Ukrainian team is third in the group and Real is in last place and now Manchester United is in the top of the group and they are one point ahead of their opponent on the table and will get through in the final 16 with a win in Germany. The landing on the plane for the team was not without it's trouble and now the focus will be on the pitch for both sides as Manchester United tries to advance.
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Manchester United will be without defender Nemanja Vidic and striker Robin van Persie when they attempt to book a Champions League knockout stage spot at Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday.
United manager David Moyes told reporters on Tuesday that Van Persie was still nursing a groin injury that had ruled him out of the Netherlands' internationals earlier this month.
"Robin is not quite ready yet," Moyes said. "It's not long-term, but we're going to keep monitoring him."
Serbia defender Vidic suffered concussion in a Premier League match against Arsenal earlier this month and has also been ruled out of the Leverkusen game.
Both players missed the 2-2 draw at Cardiff City on Sunday.
United will book a place in the last 16 with a victory in Germany. They are top of Group A with eight points, one ahead of Leverkusen with two games left to play.
"We have to make sure we're defensively sound and also that we go out there to win the game," said the Scot.
Ukraine's Shakhtar are third in the group on five points with Real Sociedad trailing in last place with one point. Manchester United's plane had to abort its landing seconds from touchdown as the squad flew to Germany for Wednesday's Champions League match with Bayer Leverkusen, British media reported.
The chartered 185-seater Monarch Airlines Airbus 321 jet circled before landing safely at the second attempt, 10 minutes late at Cologne's Konrad Adenauer Airport on Tuesday.
"The aircraft, carrying the squad and back room staff, was 400 meters from the Cologne runway when the pilot was alerted to another plane on the ground and had to quickly abandon the descent and rise sharply," the Manchester Evening News reported on its website (www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk).
United central defender Rio Ferdinand tweeted: "Landed in Germany .... just .... I've only just recovered after that choppy landing!"
United, who declined to comment on the incident, will reach the last 16 with a win in the Group A clash at the Bay Arena.
(Reuters)
