article_snippet.sent: Forget Eden Hazard and Michael Carrick...
article_snippet.sent: At the start of the season I was asking the question about Chris Smalling and Phil Jones –
article_snippet.sent: could Chris Smalling and Phil Jones – make the centre-half spots Chris Smalling and Phil Jones – own?
article_snippet.sent: I think that question is still pertinent, but those two played very well against City and are starting to look the part in the Old Trafford back four.
article_snippet.sent: Angel di Maria (third right) and Radamel Falcao (right) were left out of the starting XI by Louis van Gaal on Sunday .