The Wanderers have toiled in the Capital One Cup so far this season, needing extra-time to see off both League Two Bury and League One Crewe Alexandra as they prepare to face the might of Chelsea

City face Sheffield Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium with Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Samir Nasri all ruled out through injury as well as Stevan Jovetic, Fernando and Pablo Zabaleta

Lampard came off the bench to score a late equaliser against his former club Chelsea on Sunday, and his new captain thinks it will be by no means his last contribution

Spaniard Herrera signed for United for £29million from Athletic Bilbao this summer and has started well despite the side’s early season struggles

Ex-City player Jerome Boateng scored a last-minute winner for the German champions in the opening Champions League group game despite Hart’s stellar performance where he repelled everything that came his way until the deflected strike.

Englishman Shaw was signed from Southampton for £30million in June following his World Cup debut but has since been warned by both Louis van Gaal and national team coach Roy Hodgson about his fitness.

After a season in mourning of the loss of Sir Alex Ferguson, grinding out miserable performances and coasting to mid-table mediocrity, and even after a stuttering start to this term, United are now tap-ins to win the title.

Before Sunday’s 4-0 thumping of a lacklustre Queens Park Rangers, Dutchman Louis van Gaal had made the worst start of any new United manager since Ron Atkinson, who took a solitary point from his first three league games in 1981.

Last season, over a hundred United fans were apprehended at the football, with the majority of those at Old Trafford matches.

Former United fullback is shocked that United let the England international join a Premier League rival for £16million.

The arrivals of forward Radamel Falcao and Angel Di Maria at Old Trafford have former midfielder Scholes wondering how they will line-up for The Red Devils.