Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has handed Marcel Sabitzer his first start since joining on loan from Bayern Munich last week with a number of other enforced changes from the win over Crystal Palace last weekend. United got back to winning ways in the league against Palace having lost to Arsenal and drawn against Patrick Vieira’s club last month.
They looked to be cruising to victory when Bruno Fernandes scored from the spot before Marcus Rashford doubled United’s lead midway through the second half. But United were soon on the backfoot when Casemiro was shown a straight red card for putting his hands on Will Hughes’ throat.
Jeffrey Schlup halved the deficit minutes later, but United were able to hold on for a valuable win that moved them up to third in the table. Tonight’s match against Leeds is another opportunity for United to climb higher up the league and to within just five points of leaders Arsenal.
However, Ten Hag is down to the bare bones on his first-team squad with six players ruled out of tonight’s match. Casemiro is unavailable now for the next three games while Antony, Anthony Martial and Scott McTominay are also ruled out through injury.
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