Published 09:39 IST, December 22nd 2019
Solskjaer gives positive injury update, predicted 4-2-3-1 United lineup
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said that a lot of first-team players are set to come back from injury ahead of United's Premier League match against Watford on Dec 22
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Manchester United manr Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said that a lot of first-team players are set to come back from injury ahead of United's Premier League match against Watford to be played at Vicar Road on December 22. However, Solskjaer said that Pogba is back in training but will t feature against Watford due to his ankle injury.
Solskjaer gives positive injury update
rwegian said that Diogo Dalot is also back in training but likes of Eric Bailly, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, and Angel Gomes continue to be sidelined due to ir respective injuries. Defender Marcos Rojo will also be out of Watford game. In his pre-match conference, Solskjaer said that Pogba has t been training for long and will take a couple of days to feature in matches, adding that it is a huge injury boost for m but Pogba's return is still a couple of days away.
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United's predicted 4-2-3-1 lineup
Talking about team set to face against Watford, Solskjaer said that Dalot will be featuring for under-23 team and will n be available for selection for first-team. United's first-choice keeper David d Gea will continue to stand between sticks while Red Devils are expected to field same back four that featured against Everton and that means Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw will be seen playing against Nigel Pearson's team.
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partnership of Fred and Scott McTominay has continued to flourish in absence of Pogba and Solskjaer is expected to make full use of pair against bottom-placed team. However, reports suggest that Nemanja Matic has furr fallen down pecking order and will t feature in United's team sheet for particular match.
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With a disappointing run his individual performances, Jesse Lingard can hope to start in . 10 role whereas Marcus Rashford and Daniel James are firm favourites to start out wide. Anthony Martial is expected to lead Red Devils frontline with Mason Greenwood one of or options on bench. Solskjaer said that boys are physically and mentally ready for it because at this point of time team was getting decent results. He also said that with players coming back from injuries has given him almost a full squad to train with.
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(With inputs from ncies)
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00:43 IST, December 22nd 2019