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Paul Merson wrote down what he thinks will happen in Chelsea’s Premier League match against Manchester United and told Erik ten Hag that he will be under “huge pressure” if he loses his next two games.

Thursday night at Stamford Bridge, Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea play home to Man United, a team that has been in a lot of trouble.

Before the international break, both teams played better than they really were, and their disappointing returns to domestic football continued. Burnley held Chelsea to a 2-2 draw with ten men, and United got away from Brentford with a 1-1 draw. Chelsea has had a tough season under Pochettino.

With ten games left, they are in the bottom half of the Premier League table, even though they spent over £1 billion on new players under Todd Boehly.

In fact, the west Londoners are closer to the bottom three than they are to Liverpool, who are currently in first place in the Premier League.

Even though Manchester United is five spots and eight points ahead of Chelsea, they will still be unhappy with their season.

They also lost in the group stage of the Champions League. Tottenham and Aston Villa are nine and eleven points ahead of Ten Hag’s team, making it hard for them to make it into the Champions League next season.