Serbian centre-back Nemanja Vidic has the specific aim of not conceding against Arsenal this weekend, but he has also warned the Gunners that they face a tough task containing the Reds’ firing front men.
Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo lead the goalscoring stakes with six apiece, while Carlos Tevez has chipped in with four and Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Louis Saha and Nani have all scored two.
"Rooney and Tevez are playing so well at the moment, but it’s not just them; Ronaldo, Nani, every one of the attackers,” he was quoted as saying in The Sun.
The Reds travel to the Emirates Stadium for Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off level on 26 points with the current league leaders, who have a game in hand, and United don’t want to let the Londoners edge any further ahead.
Vidic, himself with one league goal this term, is determined to put up formidable resistance to Arsene Wenger’s forwards.
“Arsenal have been playing very well. They are not just winning but playing good football too,” he said. “I watched their match against Liverpool and thought they were especially good in the first half.
“But, at the back, we will take just as much pride from a clean sheet as our strikers will from scoring a goal. Arsenal will be a big test but I believe we can stop them and have another clean sheet to our names.” |