Le Tissier's Man. United - Chelsea Best XI

Matt Le Tissier has picked his best combined XI from Manchester United and Chelsea ahead of Super Sunday's clash - and some big names fail to make the cut.

The Southampton legend and Soccer Saturday pundit has unsurprisingly gone for a Blues majority with Antonio Conte's men looking to make a significant step towards the title this weekend.

However, Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets the nod ahead of Diego Costa despite the pair both scoring 17 goals, while David de Gea is preferred to Thibaut Courtois, having conceded a goal less than his opposite number.

Here's Le Tiss's XI in full and his justification...

"Two honourable mentions go to Paul Pogba and Antonio Valencia, who were both very close to getting in. I initially had Pedro in there but have gone for Juan Mata instead.

"David de Gea is my goalkeeper as somebody I rate as right up there with the best around. It probably helps his cause that United aren't quite as dominant as they once were. It just goes to show the benefits in keeping faith with young goalkeepers.

"I've gone for an all-Chelsea defence, with Gary Cahill, David Luiz and Cesar Azpilicueta making up my central trio, and was quite surprised that United have conceded less goals this season.

"Two honourable mentions go to Paul Pogba and Antonio Valencia, who were both very close to getting in. I initially had Pedro in there but have gone for Juan Mata instead.

"David de Gea is my goalkeeper as somebody I rate as right up there with the best around. It probably helps his cause that United aren't quite as dominant as they once were. It just goes to show the benefits in keeping faith with young goalkeepers.

"I've gone for an all-Chelsea defence, with Gary Cahill, David Luiz and Cesar Azpilicueta making up my central trio, and was quite surprised that United have conceded less goals this season.

"Behind my striker there's no doubt that Eden Hazard is in there. N'Golo Kante and Hazard are the first names on the sheet and I'm sure they'll battle it our for all of the individual awards. Kante will probably get most people's votes but personally I like to see the top awards go to the creative players scoring the important goals.

"Then I've gone with Mata just ahead of Pedro on the other side. He's a player I like and once again perhaps attracts a bit of personal bias as he is a bit like me in not being blessed with pace!

"Then, up top, Costa gets very close but I just think Ibrahimovic, at his age and what he's done this season, is impossible to leave out of the team."

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