All associated with Premier League giants Manchester United should be looking forward to the weeks and months ahead with the utmost enthusiasm.
This comes with the Red Devils’ latest outing, on Sunday, set to be followed by an almost remarkably favourable fixture list through the early months of 2023.
Erik ten Hag’s troops were of course back in action a little over 24 hours ago.
A trip to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea ultimately culminated in the day’s visitors emerging with a share of the spoils, after Casemiro’s last-gasp header cancelled out Jorginho’s opener just minutes prior.
This point secured came fresh off United facing off with another of the English top-flight’s most in-form clubs in midweek, giving rise to a hard-fought downing of Antonio Conte’s Tottenham at Old Trafford.
Despite the season being just 11 weeks old, this means that the Manchester giants have already faced off with (themselves aside) all of the Premier League’s top-6, as well as Liverpool in 8th.
Then, on the back of the Qatar showpiece, attentions at Old Trafford will turn to Nottingham Forest, followed by Wolves and Bournemouth.
A short uptick in standard of opponent will arrive courtesy of Manchester City and Arsenal following the turn of the year.
But, from then, a swift return to winnable-looking fixtures is in store, when the Red Devils take on Crystal Palace, Leeds, Leicester and Brentford in successive gameweeks.
Already sitting in a commendable sixth in the table, just two points off the top-4, United’s rivals in the race for Champions League football should be wary of a potentially imminent strong stretch of results on the part of the heavyweight outfit.
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