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Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim talks to TNT. “It’s always good to be back on the field … we’d like to have more practice … that would be important for the games … but this is my job … to try to help my players to win games so I am really happy to have the opportunity … the players know me … it is easier for them to recognise what I am saying than other people … I don’t control what other people think and say … but it was a little bit my fault to create all that … it is in the past … the next game is today … really important … we need to win … time to train and escape the play-offs … and have that feeling of winning at home … it is impossible to be competitive in Premier League and in Europe, especially in Europa League … it is much harder than the Champions League … not the opponents of course but the time to recover … the players have to be prepared for every game … I expect a very tough match … very British with a lot of duels … I want to see improvement … improve with the ball … be more relaxed … I will try to help them outside the pitch a little bit more.”
Manchester United make five changes after the 3-1 home loss in the Premier League to Brighton & Hove Albion. Altay Bayındır, Christian Eriksen, Toby Collyer, Alejandro Garnacho and Lisandro Martínez are in for André Onana, Harry Maguire, Noussair Mazraoui, Manuel Ugarte and Kobbie Mainoo, all of whom drop to the bench. Still no involvement for Marcus Rashford.
Rangers make six changes to the side sent out to beat Fraserburgh 5-0 in the Scottish Cup at the weekend. Jack Butland, Leon Balogun, Nicolas Raskin, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Václav Černý and Hamza Igamane come in for Mason Munn, Clinton Nsiala, Mohamed Diomande, Ross McCausland, Zak Lovelace and Cyriel Dessers.
The teams
Manchester United: Bayindir, Yoro, de Ligt, Martinez, Diallo, Collyer, Eriksen, Dalot, Garnacho, Fernandes, Zirkzee.
Subs: Heaton, Onana, Maguire, Hojlund, Malacia, Casemiro, Antony, Ugarte, Mainoo.
Rangers: Butland, Propper, Balogun, Yilmaz, Tavernier, Cerny, Raskin, Barron, Jefte, Bajrami, Igamane.
Subs: Kelly, Munn, Dessers, Lawrence, Dowell, King, McCausland, Rice, Lovelace, Curtis, Hutton, Nsio.
Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium).
Preamble
It’s the worst Manchester United team in history, some say. Ruben Amorim shouldn’t worry too much about that, however, because it’s not as though the current Rangers team is of classic vintage either. Both sides are in decent form in the Europa League, mind. It’s eighth versus ninth, with United unbeaten and Rangers coming off the back of a 4-1 win in Nice and an Ibrox draw with Tottenham Hotspur. Kick-off is at 8pm GMT. In the meantime, Amorim will be giving his players the usual pre-match pep-talk, issuing beneficial advice with the help of visual aids such as chalkboard, tactics table, and … oh yes, he’ll need one of those as well, won’t he. We recommend these guys. Great service, great sets, and their parent company has great brand recognition in the Manchester area.
