David Moyes will be keen for
Manchester United to continue
their upturn in form in their
LeagueCup quarter-final battle
with Stoke City.
The Premier League champions
went four top-flight games
without victory over the end of
November and beginning of
December, including back-to-
back 1-0 defeats at OldTrafford
to Everton and Newcastle
United.
United have improved in their
last two fixtures, however,
beating Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 in
their
final UEFA Champions
League group stage fixture
before comfortably seeing off
AstonVilla 3-0 in the league on
Sunday.
And manager Moyes has now
targeted continued
improvement, with United
looking to make the LeagueCup
semi-finals for the first time
since winning the competition
in 2010 in their visit to the
Britannia Stadium on
Wednesday.
"It (ourplay) continually has to
improve and it will improve,"he
told Sky Sports in the aftermath
of the Villa victory. "I'll make
sure it gets better in the coming
month."
United have seen off challenges
from Liverpool and NorwichCity
to make it this far, and will be
confident of claiming the scalp
of Mark Hughes' side, with
Stoke having never beaten
Manchester United in the
Premier League.
Indeed,Stoke's last victory over
United in any competition came
in a 2-1 LeagueCup triumph in
September 1993 thanks to a
double from Mark Stein.
However, at that time, ties in the
competition
were staged over
two legs and United progressed
courtesy of
a 2-0 success at Old
Trafford.
Former Unitedstriker Hughesis
looking to orchestrate Stoke's
best performance in the
competition since their 2-1
triumph over Chelsea in the
1972 final.
Stoke have twice reached the
quarter-final stage since then,
most recently in the 2008-09
season when they lost 1-0 to
Derby County.
The Britannia Stadium outfit
head into the fixture on the
back of two drawsand a winin
the top flight, with 0-0
stalemates against Cardiff City
and Hull City sandwiching a
superb 3-2 success over
Chelsea.
Centre-backRobertHuth(knee)
is ruled out for Stoke, while
United will definitely be without
Robin van Persie (thigh) and
Michael Carrick (Achilles).

Stoke City shall WIN! LIKE

Brov,

There's nothing like "carling cup" again.
Its 'capital One' cup now.

Help us edit am abeg

maishot: Brov,

There's nothing like "carling cup" again.
Its 'capital One' cup now.

Help us edit am abeg

I thought he wrote "capital one cup" before, I never knew it was "carling cup".

Guy, see as you allow havilah beat u to the match day, when you still dey use "carling cup"

maishot: Guy, see as you allow havilah beat u to the match day, when you still dey use "carling cup"

E be lyk say the guy don create the thread since, but I never noticed it when I was creating this one. thats why I didnt bother to change the topic.

sureteeboy: E be lyk say the guy don create the thread since, but I never noticed it when I was creating this one. thats why I didnt bother to change the topic.

Lolz.

We are all in this sha.
And I appreciate all you guys.