Manchester United's Champions League Rivals Shakhtar Donetsk Searching for Form

Given the Champions League group that Arsenal drew, Manchester United’s followers probably felt a little smug on Thursday evening. Yet on closer inspection, David Moyes’ side face a more taxing post-Christmas schedule than they might have hoped for, given Real Sociedad and Bayer Leverkusen’s lightning-fast attacking movement—and the presence of Shakhtar Donetsk. A respected name on the European competition scene for some years, Shakhtar stepped up a level in the last campaign, facing dow...