Manchester United coming in very good form a Manchester City have a bit of a dilemma as to how serious they're going to take.

This one league position is not really a concern for them, just united going well at the moment.

League form is very much a concern for them.

They want to chase down Chelsea only three points above them.

How do you see them playing it?

Well, it would be easy to get really excited about mind to say night and given that the A bar was very low to begin with and now the fighting.

Bruno Fernandez.

This is what the team is all about now, right?

So you see Robin Fernandes out on the field and people are getting excited and look at us.

We're different.

We're scoring goals.

We we look like a better team and I think all of those things are fair and all of those things are clear to see.

Bruno Fernandez has made a clear difference on the steam.

It is also clear to see that this is a team that was struggling against anybody that they played against and that every game was difficult.

And yet we saw India fake up against RV, that it was comfortable.

It was professional.

They looked like disappear team.

And that hasn't always been the case of the season for my to say not so from that point of view, I I look at it if I don't mind to sing at a fan, and I'm thinking we are finally looking as if we're going in the right direction, that there seems to be a plan in place.

It isn't this kind of wondering around that we've been doing for the better part of the year.

Now it feels like, Okay, this is who we are.

This is how we're gonna get to whatever we're going.

And it feels like the plan, seemingly seemingly, is starting to work.

That could make a big difference on the team, can't it?

Having that direction?

Tell me just a confidence that you have a match winner in your ranks that you feel that you can do your job.

Someone else is there to carry a little bit more weight as well.

You suddenly feel more like yourselves.

Well, yes, but let's it's kind of go back a little bit in order to go forward.

You would not have said that about Bruno Fernandez a month ago.

You would have said, Well, this is a guy that is gonna change everything.

But what you have done is actually you have a real player now in the middle of midfield that that gives you something entirely different than when he gets the ball.

You're you're thinking OK, He's comfortable and confident enough that he can find a pass.

He can go in the long run himself.

He can score two goals.

He can provide an assist.

Now that you have that, then yes, to your point.

Now it feels like Okay, well, maybe other pieces can fit in nicely, and it is what they're doing right now.

Pieces seem to be fitting in nicely, But let's not get crazy.

Let's not let's not just think.

Okay, well, this is a final product remind you seen.

I know there's still a whole lot of work to do, but what it does do for them is the I think in my mind is that it makes him competitive in games like this against Manchester City.

Now my united fans will say what we've been Majesty might just the city we have been better than they have.

No, maybe.

But the best surgeon might just The city is still far superior to the best version.

Remind to stay United is whether we're going to see either team of their very best in this match.

Four games in 10 days for City.

How how much of ah, sort of serious point is Pep Guardiola gonna want to make in this league game?

I think there's been some positive momentum from Manchester City, and I think that the highlight was, of course, the Champions League match up against grandmother didn't how good they look in that game away from home.

A development.

You wantto keep that going?

Because if something that we have seen from Manchester City this year is that they've had issues with consistency and what you want to see, if your paper where the hell is that?

We just have to keep trending in that direction.

We cannot take a step back, and losing to Manchester United would be the definition of taking a step back.

Even if it is an improvement to stay united.

I think it might just a city.

You look at some of your recent games against mind to say, You know, you have to say you no want for their recent This team is uncomfortable for us.

We haven't been able to rule to truly be our best.

Be what we think we can be against anything in particular man to say united.

So I think that's where the oil and Mantis the city will, even though they have a bunch of games coming up.

I think they're gonna place Ah, a certain level of importance in this match because is that Darby?

Because it's a robber, but also because mine to, say, United, have been difficult to be for Manchester City.

Yes, United winning twice at City this term.

Of course, one of them didn't really count as it wasn't enough in the League Cup semi final.

But when you look at the history here between these two in league Darby's, it's been notoriously difficult for the home side toe win.

I had one home victor since 2015 in the Premier League.

When they've come up against each other, do you give Manchester United a little bit of an edge?

because it's at home, given what they've done it Manchester City or because City one here in the League Cup, you know, and United had to open up, so she's already spoken about.

That is being an issue for them.

So they've got to get the game plan right.

United favorites for you?

No, they could play at home.

Away, neutral site.

Still, I believe that Mantis, the city is a far better team.

That mind to say United and everything else being equal.

Manchester City has so many more tools that they can use and so many more assets that they can use.

And Manchester United currently might.

Just the city should be favors going into this game, and I just said it.

I feel like Manchester City is gonna win this and win it running away.

Okay, We'll see if that transpires.

Or whether the favorites tag actually plays into Manchester United's hands, Of course, is still missing.

Paabo and Rashford slight concern about Harry Maguire at the back.

We'll see how they fare as they come up against City.