Boxing Day's pre-fight press conference, predict scores

Tomorrow's Boxing Day schedules a tenfold of thrilling encounters. The three most I-can't-wait matchups are arguably: Manchester United vs Stoke City, Chelsea vs Watford and Leicester vs Liverpool. In boxing, the most important thing is the pre-fight press conference. Let's take a look at these three matches' pre-fight press conferences.

Boxing Day rounds off with under pressure Louis van Gaal fighting for his job against Stoke City at Britannia Stadium.

Though, under sack-threat, the Dutchman blazes with confidence in his team. 

"Four weeks ago we were first in the Premier League," Van Gaal said in his five minute press conference on Wednesday. "And in about four weeks we could be back in that position." 

Stoke's top-scorer Marko Arnautovic believes that they're more than capable of slowing the Red Devils from racing back to first place with a lost.

"If we perform like the last week [against West Ham and Crystal Palace], but score the goals, then I think we can take the three points," the striker told the Stoke Sentinel.

• Will Stoke City take those three points and more than likely get Van Gaal sacked?

Elsewhere, Guus Hiddink will manage his first game at Chelsea since 2009, taking on red-hot Watford at Stamford Bridge. 

Chelsea's squad have been suffering from lack of form, the former Netherlands manager tackled this issue. "I told them as professionals to look in the mirror and be ultra-critical," the interim manager said. "There must be a desire to play. If you don't have it, knock on my door and we'll talk-- briefly."

Watford's center back Craig Cathcart believes that even if Hiddink manage to spark desire in the Chelsea players, a disciplined Watford won't be defeated.

"No matter who we play against," Cathcart said. "As long as everyone keeps doing their jobs, then there's no reason why we can't keep picking up wins over this Christmas period." Watford is on a four-game winning streak.

• Is Watford going to keep their winning streak alive and aggravate Chelsea's season?

And looks like Forrest Gump will partake in this Boxing Day too. For Leicester's manager Claudio Ranieri said that his team is Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump will play Liverpool at Anfield.

"Why can't we continue to run, run, run?" Ranieri asked. "We are liked Forrest Gump-- Leicester is Forrest Gump." The Foxes haven't had a lost in 10 matches-- they've been running for a while.

Liverpool's top-scorer Christian Benteke know exactly what his side have to do in order to try to stop Forrest Gump from running: "Everything."

"Of course we have to respect [Leicester] them," Benteke told Liverpool's website. "But when we play them we have to do everything to try to take the three points."

In boxing, the winner always reveals himself in the pre-fight press conference. Can you predict tomorrow's scores?:

1. Stoke City vs Manchester United

2. Chelsea vs Watford

3. Liverpool vs Leicester City

Read The Game will have a prize for the closest person to the right scores.

Sources: goal, espnfc.