Manchester United Come Out On Top In Combined XI With Chelsea

Who would make a combined XI of Manchester United and Chelsea players? Well, we asked our SPORTbible followers ahead of Sunday's Premier League showdown, and the results make very interesting reading.

We asked our followers to choose a combined XI with Manchester United edging out Chelsea 6-5 on Instagram stories this week.

David De Gea got the nod over fellow Spaniard Kepa Arrizabalaga and United's No.1 has two of his teammates in defence in the shape of Victor Lindelof and summer signing Harry Maguire.

Chelsea's full-backs occupy the flanks in Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso.

Only United's Paul Pogba made it into midfield with N'Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic taking up a position in the middle of the park.

Image: PA

Image: PA

SPORTbible followers voted for Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Willian in the three pronged attack.

Here's the combined XI in full:

GK: David De Gea (Manchester United) over Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea)

RB: Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea) over Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Manchester United)

CB: Harry Maguire (Manchester United) over Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea)

CB: Victor Lindelof (Manchester United) over Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)

LB: Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) over Luke Shaw (Manchester United)

CM: N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) over Nemanja Matic (Manchester United)

CM: Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) over Scott McTominay (Manchester United)

CM: Paul Pogba (Manchester United) over Mason Mount (Chelsea)

ST: Anthony Martial (Manchester United) over Olivier Giroud (Chelsea)

ST: Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) over Christian Pulisic (Chelsea)

ST: Willian (Chelsea) over Daniel James (Manchester United)

Image: Lineup Builder

Manchester United 6 - 5 Chelsea

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