The FA Cup win over Liverpool will have instilled belief back into this Manchester United side, who have 10 Premier League games left to play.
08.03.2024 - 20:02 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester United will have Marcus Rashford available for their Premier League match with Everton on Saturday afternoon (12.30pm). Owing to injury problems, though, Erik ten Hag does not have too many options to shuffle his pack following a humbling 3-1 defeat to neighbours Manchester City.
United were missing eight players for that game, while Rashford and Jonny Evans had to be withdrawn. However, during his pre-match press conference, Ten Hag confirmed both men will be available at Old Trafford and Rashford was spotted training at Carrington on Wednesday morning.
Defensively is where United are particularly short, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw nursing injuries, meaning a back-four comprising of Diogo Dalot, Raphael Varane, Evans and Lindelof is, perhaps, the only way Ten Hag can go unless youngster Willy Kambwala is handed further exposure.
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Casemiro and Kobbie Mainoo have become a settled partnership for the engine room in recent matches, though Scott McTominay also has to be factored in. Alejandro Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes and Rashford are pretty much certain starters, so it could come down to a straight shootout between McTominay and Antony - whose possible inclusion would prompt a reshuffle in attacking quarters - for the final spot.
Fernandes operated as a false nine against City with Garnacho, McTominay and Rashford in behind, from right to left, but Rashford is another contender to lead the line centrally. Reinforcements are on the way, but the Everton game will come too soon for Wan-Bissaka, Maguire, Mason Mount and Rasmus Hojlund.
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The FA Cup win over Liverpool will have instilled belief back into this Manchester United side, who have 10 Premier League games left to play.
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