Oct 1, 2013; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; A general view during the game between Real Salt Lake and D.C. United in the U.S. Open Cup final soccer match at Rio Tinto Stadium. D.C. United won 1-0. Mandatory Credit: Jim Urquhart-USA TODAY Sports
Manchester United and Real Sociedad square off in Spain in Champions League group play. United sits atop the group with seven points currently. Meanwhile, Sociedad are hoping to come away with their first points of the tournament’s group stage.
“If we do things right and get close to our game plan we can win. This is the only thing on our minds,” Real coach Jagoba Arrasate said, via UEFA.com. “United have qualification in their sights and are playing away from home so we don’t know how they’ll approach [the game]. We have to try to play our normal game and take the initiative – if we can get close to doing what we want and do our jobs well, as we have been doing, I think we can get the better of United.”
“We’ve improved our league form – we’ve got more points and more goals now, so in that sense we are more confident. But I don’t know if it’s enough to close the gap with United that we saw at Old Trafford. United were superior in England although I think we can do things better.”
“They are the reigning champions of England, they have great players. I don’t know if people are less respectful than they were or if they’ve been more ambitious against them because Sir Alex is no longer there [but] we know they’re a very tough opponent. We respect them and we’re really excited about trying to put in a good performance and beat them.”
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Date: November 5
Start Time: 2:45 p.m. ET
Location: Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Anoeta
TV Info: FOX Sports 1
Radio Info: Sirius XM FC
Live Stream: FOX Soccer 2Go
| GROUP A | OVERALL | HOME | AWAY | |||||||||||||||||||
| POS | TEAM | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
| 1 | Manchester United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
Key – POS: Position, P: Games Played, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses, F: Goals Scored, A: Goals Allowed, GD: Goal Difference, Pts: Points