Patrick Vieira believes there's No Point In Trying To Defend Against Manchester United

"They will score and there's nothing you can do to stop them" Patrick Vieira insists his side must attack Manchester United in the derby this Saturday if they want to have a chance at closing the gap at the top of the table.The midfielder is an old adversary of United in his days as an Arsenal player, taking part in some fearsome battles over the years against Roy Keane.Vieira believes his side must go on the offensive in order to secure three points and attain a foothold in the title race.

Vieira told The National: "When you look at the players we have, we have to go to United and try to win the game.
But to have a chance to beat United, you have to play your own game against them. You have to score.There is no point going to Old Trafford and saying, 'OK, we are going to defend for 90 minutes, because it won't happen; they will score against you."United go into the game on the back of a disappointing loss to relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers - their first in 29 league matches.

Vieira also states that United would be looking for payback and would want to avoid a second defeat in a row."Big clubs like United, they always talk about the importance of never losing two times in a row, so they will want to bounce back to winning ways immediately."United have had a good week of rest with key players like Rio Ferdinand,Patrice Evra opting to drop out of the International fixtures which were held 2 days ago.Wayne Rooney was also substituted at Half - time.Manchester City have some top class players filling up their first team spots.Former United hitman Carlos Tevez would be looking to score against his former team and is already in red hot form , having scored a hat-trick against West Brom Albion last week.United also have tremondous firepower in them and can silence any team, all they need is to believe in themselves and let the support at Old Trafford boost them into proving how brilliant they are at Old Trafford.