Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford miss Manchester United vs Arsenal | 24F596N | 2024-05-12 16:08:01
Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford miss Manchester United vs Arsenal | 24F596N | 2024-05-12 16:08:01
Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford have missed Manchester United's Premier League clash against Arsenal on Sunday.
Fernandes missed the first-ever game of his United career through injury on Monday evening as Erik ten Hag's side suffered a 4-0 defeat away to Crystal Palace.
The Portugal international wore protective strapping on his right hand during United's 1-1 draw with Burnley at Old Trafford on April 27 and has now missed two Premier League games in a row due to the issue.
'In the last moment Bruno couldn't make it,' Ten Hag said prior to kick off.
Asked if he expected Fernandes to play, Ten Hag replied: 'Actually, yeah.
'The last days we trained with Rashy but he didn't make it yesterday, Bruno trained for two days but he was not far enough to recover from his injury to get back into the team.'
Rashford suffered a knock in United's win over Coventry City in the FA Cup semi final on April 21 and has now missed the following four league matches for Ten Hag's side.
Ten Hag has made three changes from the loss at Crystal Palace with Amad Diallo, Sofyan Amrabat and Scott McTominay handed starts, while Christian Eriksen and Antony drop to the bench. Mason Mount misses out altogether due to injury.
Arsenal are unchanged for the fourth successive Premier League game, with both Bukayo Saka and Takehiro Tomiyasu fit, despite being labelled as injury doubts by Mikel Arteta before the match.
Jurrien Timber travelled with the matchday squad but has not made the bench as he awaits his return from an ACL injury which has kept him sidelined since last August.
A win for Arsenal at Old Trafford would put them back at the top of the Premier League, one point clear of Manchester City who will have a game in hand.
United will remain eighth in the Premier League even if they beat Arsenal but will be level on points with both Newcastle United and Chelsea.
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