(Reuters) – Manchester United are a staff underneath development however Atalanta should be cautious of their potential within the Champions League return match, coach Gian Piero Gasperini mentioned on Monday.
United have been wildly inconsistent, following up a 3-2 win over the Italians two weeks in the past with a 5-0 loss to Liverpool and a 3-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur within the Premier League.
They journey to Bergamo on Tuesday to face an Atalanta facet who’re no strangers to English opposition, having performed Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool within the final two seasons.
“We confronted Metropolis and Liverpool after they have been in interval, established groups that have been nicely organised for a while with their type of play,” Gasperini advised a information convention.
“United appear to be a staff in development that also has some issues to work out. However they’ve appreciable potential.
“They is likely to be leaping from a defeat to a powerful win, however that doesn’t take something away from their potential”
The primary assembly at Previous Trafford on Oct. 20 was an exciting spectacle, because the guests raced right into a 2-0 halftime lead earlier than the Pink Devils turned the sport round to win 3-2.
United journey to Italy prime of Group F on the midway stage with six factors, two forward of second-placed Villarreal and Atalanta in third and three away from backside facet Younger Boys.
“Tomorrow shall be a totally completely different recreation in comparison with our first assembly,” Gasperini mentioned.
“From that recreation our character has stayed with us, in a stadium full of 70,000 individuals. We had some superb moments, at different instances we needed to endure.”
(Reporting by Alasdair Mackenzie; Enhancing by Ken Ferris)
