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Ruben Amorim has selected the Manchester United side for his first home derby with local rivals City.
Our head coach knows victory in the 16:30 BST kick-off would secure a Premier League double over the Blues, following the 2-1 comeback win at the Etihad Stadium at the end of last year.
United have a crucial Europa League date with Lyon on Thursday, with the quarter-final tie gaining so much importance to the season, but the local affair at Old Trafford this afternoon is sure to be another huge occasion.
Luke Shaw is back in a matchday squad for the first time since the 4-0 win over Everton on 1 December.
The England defender is among the substitutes, and is joined on the bench by Joshua Zirkzee, with Rasmus Hojlund recalled to the starting XI.
Matthijs de Ligt, flagged as a doubt after picking up an “issue” in the defeat at Nottingham Forest, is absent, as Harry Maguire takes his spot at centre-half, after coming on at The City Ground.
There is a youthful element to a section of the bench with Harry Amass, Godwill Kukonki and Chido Obi all included, but Ayden Heaven is not rushed back.
THE TEAMS
United: Onana; Mazraoui, Maguire, Yoro; Dalot, Casemiro, Ugarte, Dorgu; Garnacho, Fernandes (c); Hojlund.
Substitutes: Bayindir, Amass, Kukonki, Lindelof, Shaw, Eriksen, Mount, Obi, Zirkzee.
City: Ederson; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Gundogan, Kovacic, De Bruyne (c); Bernardo Silva, Marmoush, Foden.
Substitutes: Ortega, Khusanov, Lewis, Reis, Gonzalez, Grealish, Doku, McAtee, Savinho.
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