Ten Hag challenged Garnacho, who scored the dramatic late winner in November’s reverse fixture, to grasp his starting opportunity.

“He deserves to start and now he can show if he deserves it,” the boss continued. “I spoke the other day – that’s the next step for him: to be a starting XI player.

“We know he has a hge impact when he’s coming from the bench, so we want to see it. And to be fair, he already showed this season several times when he started he can also do a really good job for the team.”

United: De Gea; Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Malacia; Casemiro, Fred; Sancho, Fernandes, Garnacho; Rashford.

Substitutes: Butland, Shaw, Varane, Wan-Bissaka, Eriksen, McTominay, Martial, Pellistri, Weghorst.

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