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Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho dismissed questions about Chris Smalling ahead of Saturdays clash with Arsenal but confirmed Luke Shaw will be back in the team soon. Mourinho appeared to criticise centre-back Smalling and left-back Shaw after they missed Uniteds 3-1 win at Swansea City, suggesting they had shown a lack of bravery.It subsequently emerged that Smalling had a broken toe, but Mourinho refused to confirm the injury at Fridays press conference, and brushed off questions about the England man . Chris Smalling you cannot ask, Mourinho said. You cannot ask because you have your sources, you trust your sources, you believe in your sources. Mourinho refused to confirm if Smalling has a broken toe You write what your sources tell you and you did that for 15 days, so now you are not going to ask me to comment on your sources information, so I dont say a word about Chris Smalling. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price You have your trustful relationship with your sources and you wrote, you spoke, you criticise, so thats fine for me. Swansea 1-3 Manchester Utd You do the big headlines with your sources and now I am not interested in commenting on that.Mourinho was more forthcoming on Shaw, who has been troubled by niggling injuries since returning at the start of the season from a double leg break. Luke Shaw looks set to return to the team in the next fortnight Luke Shaw I comment, yes, he said. He worked well in this period where we had a very small group, which is not the best, but he worked really well.He is ready to play. I dont have any problem with him. I am not saying he plays or he doesnt play tomorrow. Arsenals travel trouble Arsenal players travelled over 18,000 miles further than Man Utd players during the break I am saying that he is my player, a young player with potential. A young player like every young player with little problems, with things he needs to learn, things he needs to improve.But he is a player of my confidence and playing now five matches in two weeks like we are going to do, in three different competitions, for sure he is going to play.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! Also See: Redknapp on Rooney Rooney ready for Arsenal Smalling suffers broken toe Man Utd video Custom Anthony Davis Jersey . The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasnt played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries. Pelicans Jerseys China . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. 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Spiller left Week 3s 27-20 loss to the New York Jets with a thigh injury, but fully practiced with the team all week and expects to be ready to go on Sunday. Whether Dale Steyn sees the Australian team as a snake or a ship, his intention is to stop them simply by stopping Steven Smith.If you can cut off the head of the snake, the rest of the body tends to fall, Steyn said at the series launch in Perth. Weve done that in the past. Weve tried to attack the captain because he is the leader and if we can cause a bit of chaos there, sometimes it does affect the rest of the guys.Targeting the opposition captain has long been an Australian trick. Mitchell Johnson did it to Graeme Smith. Shane Warne did it to Hansie Cronje and Shaun Pollock. But Steyn has already begun to turn the tables. The batsman he has dismissed the most in world cricket is Michael Clarke - nine times in 14 matches although not all of them when Clarke was captain - and now he has Smith in the firing line as South Africa seek a third successive series win down under.Aussie captains lead the attack. From history, you look at guys that are great players like Steve Waugh, he stands out. I dont think many people can name a team underneath him but you remember Steve Waugh, Steyn said, forgetting Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Glenn McGrath and Warne.You can remember Ricky Ponting, and Michael Clarke and then Steven Smith falls into that bracket. The moment you can get hold of your captain, the rest of the players rely heavily on him. He leads the ship so when you pull the plug on that kind of ship, and hes holding it, you can sink it. Its not very easy but theres a way to sink it.In 2012, South Africa felled Australia by frustrating Ponting. He was limited to 32 runs in three Tests, his waning powers picked at by everyone. Ponting was dismissed twice by the short ball, twice by the swinging one and finally by Robin Peterson, whom he flattered by playing for turn that was never going to be there.Smith, who has enjoyed some of the best form in world cricket in the last two years, is unlikely to prove as soft. But there are weaknesses in his captaincy as a Test whitewash in Sri Lanka and an ODI whitewash in South Africa might suggest. South Africa are looking to exploit that.They are probably a little bit hurt after Sri Lanka and especially after coming to South Africa and losing 5-nil, Steyn said.Although he did not go as far as to say South Africa have a clear edge over Australia, Steyn was comforted by the teams record at the WACA - unbeaten after three matches - and their extensive preparation.When it comes to being on top of the Australians, you never quite feel like that. Even if youve beaten them for 365 days in a row, come the 1st of January the next year, they are up for it, he said. But the mood in the camp is really good. The guys are comfortable, weve been here for almost two weeks.That much preparation is unheard of considering how packed the cricket calendar is. Some might even think Australia have been particularly generous to theiir opposition, providing two practice matches before the start of the series on November 3.dddddddddddd. But one of them was to allow South Africa to learn about the pink ball ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide on November 24. And the other was against an under-strength opposition with most of Australias Test specialists playing the first round of the Sheffield Shield. Nevertheless, it gave South Africa enough time to acclimatise. Batsmen Stephen Cook, Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma, both spinners Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj and fast bowler Kagiso Rabada are on their first Test tour of Australia. But Steyn thinks at least one of them is more than ready.Rabada, who debuted against Australia in a T20 series two years ago, is the man Steyn thinks could be the difference between the two sides.It doesnt feel like KG has been in this team for a long time but its actually almost three years now so hes learned a lot and hes an incredible talent, Steyn said. Hes always looking to learn and his record is pretty amazing for such a young guy, especially a bowler. You only see bowlers tend to come into their stripes at maybe 26 or 27, especially fast bowlers. I think hes got about 10 years of experience in three years which is really great. Im excited to see what he can do because in Adelaide the other night he was bowling really quick and he was landing the ball exactly where he wanted to.Rabada led South Africas attack in Steyn and Vernon Philanders absence last summer and was one of very few positives in an otherwise disappointing season. But South Africa do not see themselves as a team that has tumbled to No.1 to No.7 (and who have now crawled back up to No.5). They see themselves as a team that has had success in Australia and are using that to spur their youngsters on.The guys who have never played any cricket here in Australia, who are on their first Test tour, are coming here with a good feeling because the other guys that have been here have done well. Its not that feeling that in the past where we feel like weve been donnered (beaten up) and have our tails between our legs. We come here with some good history.Australia have better history overall though, and Smith will be well aware of that. He will know that successful Australian teams have been successful because their leader was strong and that if he can counter South Africa, his men may be able to do the same.I think they are going to come hard in terms of cricket. Their bowlers are going to be hitting hard lengths, coming past the nose, their batters are going to be in our face, they are going to be on the front foot, try and show their dominance, Steyn said. If we go fist to fist, lets just see who can fight the longest and then you will find your winner. ' ' '