Manchester derby preview: Can United upset the odds? Can Ronaldo get back to form? And who makes our combined XI

Published: March 3, 2022, 4:51 p.m.

b"In the latest Football Essential Podcast, host Ron Walker is joined by Sky Sports senior football journalist Charlotte Marsh, Sky Sports News' Ben Ransom and Sky Sports Football\\xa0data editor Adam Smith ahead of a weekend where the eyes of the Premier League will be on Manchester.

PART ONE | How do Manchester United turn the tide from such a woeful defeat at Old Trafford earlier in the season \\u2013 and how does Cristiano Ronaldo get back into form? Could this be a \\u2018statement win\\u2019 for City, and perhaps a \\u2018statement performance\\u2019 from \\xa3100m man Jack Grealish too? Then again, could Riyad Mahrez prove the difference?

PART TWO | Who needs the victory more? Will Manchester United\\u2019s April, facing City and Liverpool, hold the keys to the title race, and will they make it into the top four? Can City lift the treble, and are they better placed than Liverpool to rack up a trophy haul this season? Plus, our combined XI \\u2013 including one big absentee."