07:15 PM
Erik ten Hag speaks with BT Sport about his forward options
Anthony Martial, I think from a goal perspective, he’s already proved. He’s really cool in front of the goal, I don’t worry about that.
We cannot always rely on Rashford.
Don’t forget Antony is still a young player, he has to learn and improve, but he will do. You will win with Antony, which he proved with me for the last couple of years and also with Brazil.
07:09 PM
Anthony Martial makes his first start in three months
The France forward replaces the injured Marcus Rashford after Saturday’s win against Everton, with Casemiro and Raphael Varane also brought in for the first leg.
Harry Maguire drops to the bench and Scott McTominay misses out through injury against Sevilla, who name on-loan United left-back Alex Telles on the bench.
07:03 PM
Sevilla team to face Manchester United
Starting XI: Bounou, Montiel, Nianzou, Marcao, Acuna, Fernando, Gudelj, Ocampos, Rakitic, Torres, Lamela.
Substitutions Dmitrovic, Flores, Telles, Rekik, Suso, Rafa Mir, En-Nesyri, Jesus Navas, Gomez, Gil, Bade.
07:02 PM
How Manchester United line up: Casemiro returns, Martial starts
Starting XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Malacia, Casemiro, Fernandes, Sabitzer, Antony, Sancho, Martial
Substitutions: Butland, Vitek, Lindelof, Maguire, Eriksen, Fred, Dalot, Weghorst, Pellistri, Elanga, Iqbal.
06:52 PM
Preview
By Ella Bebbington
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Manchester United vs Sevilla.
United welcome Sevilla to Old Trafford in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals tonight after the home team has already eliminated two La Liga sides, Barcelona and Real Betis, in this season’s tournament.
Here are the key talking points.
How will United cope without Marcus Rashford?
The injury Marcus Rashford sustained late on in the 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday means he will be unavailable for a few games, but United hope he will be back for the run-in.
United manager Ten Hag said: “I can’t give more details because we don’t know. We have to see how the injury develops,
“Of course it is a setback and he is disappointed, but he is not totally broke because he knows he will return quickly, so he’s optimistic and he has started straight on his recovery and rehab.”
Rashford is the Europa League’s current top scorer this season with six goals. In his absence, the problem for United lies in finding consistent goals from elsewhere in the team.
The over-reliance on Rashford has underlined the need for more firepower if Ten Hag is to lead the 20-time Premier League champions back to the summit of English football. With Luke Shaw and Alejandro Garnacho also out of tonight’s starting XI, United will need to be on top form.
Sevilla have won the competition on a record six occasions between 2006-20, beating United in a one-legged semi-final behind closed doors in Cologne on their way to their crown in 2020.
Ten Hag said: “They have a big reputation [for] winning the Europa League. They won the Europa League most of all clubs in Europe, so that is a magnificent record so we have to be aware of it because that is their target.
“We are [for] sure 100 percent motivated to go again. If we want to beat them, we have to play our best football and everyone has to deliver their best performance. When you don’t do it, we have a problem, so we need to be fully focused and fully prepared for this game.”
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