Dylan Bettencourt
Ngomhla zimbili kuNhlaba abalandeli be-Manchester United baphazamisa umdlalo ne-Liverpool okwaholela ekutheni unqanyulwe phakathi, kanti manje bahlela ukukwenza futhi ngomdlalo ohlelwe kabusha ozoba ngomhla ziyi-13 kuNhlaba.
“Wonke umlandeli we-United uwabonile amandla abawabambile ngokuhlanganyela. Imibhikisho yangeSonto eledlule kumele ibe isiqalo, hhayi ukuphela,” kusho incwadi ethunyelwe kwi-Manchester Evening News.
“I-Premier League ne-Glazers banovalo lokuthi umdlalo we-Liverpool ungaphinde uthinteke. Kungumsebenzi wethu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi kunjalo.”
Abalandeli bahlela umbhikisho wesibili wokulwa nobunikazi bomndeni wakwa-Glazer ngaphambi komdlalo wabo ohlelwe kabusha ne-Liverpool ngoLwesine.
Umbhikisho wangomhla zimbili kuNhlaba wenza abalandeli bale kilabhu bengena e-Old Trafford bengena endlini yokugqokela yeqembu, bephoqa i-Premier League ukuthi ihlehlise umdlalo.
Umbhikisho wobunikazi be-Glazer phezu kwama-Red Devils waqala emuva ngonyaka wewi-2005 lapho umndeni uthola amandla amaningi wokuhola iqembu ngaphezu kweklabhu, kepha umbhikisho ngaphambi komdlalo we-Liverpool bekungumbukiso omkhulu.
Ababhikishi abavumelani nendlela yokugxila kwezezimali kwe-Glazers, abalandeli abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi umnikazi akananxa nabalandeli bekilabhu.
I-Manchester United iphakathi nesikhathi esimatasa esizobenza bedlale imidlalo emithathu ezinsukwini ezinhlanu nje. Leli qembu linqobe i-Aston Villa ngeSonto futhi manje selibhekene ne-Leicester ngoLwesibili ebusuku ngaphambi komdlalo ne-Liverpool ngoLwesine ebusuku.
Umthombo wesithombe: @SkySports