Manchester United is playing against Cardiff City live in the English Premier League on Tuesday and the match comes after a break for the FA Cup and a string of disappointments for Man U and now David Moyes and his team will look to get an EPL victory at Old Trafford in a match streaming on the NBC Sports Live Extra and starting at 2:45 pm ET.
Man U comes in after a disappointment against Sunderland in the Capital One Cup and now they are out of that after falling in the semifinals and the club also lost in the FA Cup third round, dropping that early for only the second time in 30 years. The club lost 3-1 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last time out and they also got a win over Swansea City and now they have to start turning things around, or they won't even get close to the top of the table by season's end. The Premier League has Arsenal at the top with Manchester City and Chelsea and now Manchester United has the Barclays and the Champions League left to figure out after losing in the Cap One and the FA Cup tournaments and they now have Cardiff on the schedule on Tuesday in the EPL match night.
Manchester United has some renewed energy now that the transfer period is opened, as they brought in Juan Mata on a nice deal and with Wilfried Zaha moving, manager David Moyes said that the club would not be finished making moves this week. MAta said he was excited to play alongside Wayne Rooney and on top of that, he added that he thinks Man U can still win the Premier League despite the fact that they are sixth on the league table behind Liverpool, Tottenham and Everton.
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The Mata move was from rival Chelsea for 37.1 million pounds and while the Blues would rather have not sent him to a league rival, both sides are happy and now Moyes is prepared to get him in the lineup and the club is getting ready to make more moves as they try to have a push during this second part of the season. United has a tough schedule coming up with Arsenal at the Emirates and later Manchester City at Old Trafford and they also have the Champions League first leg away at Karaiskaki Stadium against Olympiakos and that will be a very important match for the club as they try to get through in the UCL.
Before playing the second leg of that league at Old Trafford, the team will host Liverpool in the Premier League as well as Manchester City and those will be very tough and Moyes needs to have his team ready for some strong results. Mata was thrilled after the move and while he said he understands being 14 points back is a lot, he said that Man U is the team that can make up that number. Mata is one of the most expensive signings for the club and he is a previous player of the year for Chelsea and now he has the chance to shine for the Red Devils. Cardiff comes in after a win against Bolton in the FA Cup to set up the next match and they lost to Manchester City in their last time out in the EPL.
