5 reasons why Manchester United will turn around their 2016/17 season this week

Herrera’s heroics

Beside Phil Jones’ solid displays at the back, midfielder Herrera has been another standout star for United in recent weeks, particularly in Sunday’s victory against Tottenham.

The 27-year-old has featured in 12 of United’s Premier League games this season and set up Mkhitaryan’s winner against Spurs on Sunday to seal the Red Devils’ first home league win since September.

Herrera, who arrived at Old Trafford from Athletic Bilbao back in June 2014, has scored one goal and provided five assists in 19 appearances in all competitions so far this season.

The Spain international was the key man that instigated Manchester United’s 1-0 win against Tottenham, providing five key passes and the eventual assist for the match winner.

With United finding form, being defensively sound and striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic still netting at a decent goalscoring rate, we believe it will be pretty hard for Crystal Palace and West Brom to defeat Herrera & Co this week.