{"id":284317,"date":"2011-02-28T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/our-strikers-will-pull-chelsea-apart-manchester-united-defender-chris-smalling\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T10:55:00","slug":"our-strikers-will-pull-chelsea-apart-manchester-united-defender-chris-smalling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/our-strikers-will-pull-chelsea-apart-manchester-united-defender-chris-smalling\/","title":{"rendered":"Our strikers will pull Chelsea apart &#8211; Manchester United defender Chris Smalling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Daniel Tyler<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Feb 2011 10:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.2843601896\">\n<div readability=\"12.404494382\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chris Smalling(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/8a673b2e115441_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chris Smalling(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"32.0338983051\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/29276\/chris-smalling\">Chris Smalling<\/a> says he is ready to face <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a>&#8216;s strike force in Tuesday\u2019s showdown at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>United will be looking for a win to move clear of Arsenal at the top of the league while Chelsea look to keep pressure on Tottenham in fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Smalling, who signed for United from Fulham in the summer, has been in brilliant form of late and is confident the Red Devils&#8217; forwards are as good as Fernando Torres, Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got such a good squad,\u201d Smalling told <em>talkSPORT<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not sure who the manager is going to put on. They\u2019ve got world class strikers like we have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever we face we\u2019ll be ready and off the back of a couple of clean sheets we\u2019ll be confident to let our boys at the front pull them apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old, who has been given his chance in the side after injuries to Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans, admits he is loving the opportunity of playing regularly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s brilliant,\u201d added the centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really given me some confidence and to be able to have the manager\u2019s faith behind me to just go out and express myself and play is really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/8a673b2e115441_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/02\/28\/2372619\/our-strikers-will-pull-chelsea-apart-manchester-united\" title=\"Our strikers will pull Chelsea apart - Manchester United defender Chris Smalling\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our strikers will pull Chelsea apart &#8211; 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