Chelsea v Manchester United: Premier League – live

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Ruben Amorim connected his squad selection

We person 5 days to hole for the final. We are focussed connected this game. Sometimes the champion mode to hole for a last is to play and to compete; we’ve had problems successful that country truthful I privation to spot the squad compete. They request the clip to beryllium they are acceptable for the final.

The biggest [injury] problems we’ve had this play person been successful grooming – Amad, Kobbie Mainoo – truthful you ne'er cognize wherever the information is.

I saw truthful galore bully things against West Ham but I don’t privation to stock them erstwhile we are losing games due to the fact that it’s hard for our fans to understand. I americium inactive confident. I cognize what to bash for this team. This is not the infinitesimal for that. This is the infinitesimal to stock the symptom with our fans.

People don’t recognize however things are changing successful Carrington. We request to decorativeness this play and past let’s see.

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Tyrique George makes his archetypal Premier League start, covering for the suspended Nicolas Jackson, arsenic flagged by ‘Scoops’ Steinberg below. Reece James and Tosin Adarabioyo besides travel into the broadside successful spot of Romeo Lavia and Trevor Chalobah.

Manchester United’s squad is stronger than expected, with possibly 9 of the XI that volition commencement the Europa League last connected Wednesday. There are 5 changes from the tame decision astatine location to West Ham connected Sunday: Andre Onana, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Casemiro and Patrick Dorgu regenerate Altay Bayindir, the injured Leny Yoro, Manuel Ugarte, Harry Amass and Kobbie Mainoo.

Chelsea (4-2-3-1) Sanchez; James, Tosin, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Enzo; Neto, Palmer, Madueke; George.
Substitutes: Jorgensen, Bettinelli, Gusto, Acheampong, Chalobah, Anselmino, Badiashile, Lavia, Dewsbury-Hall.

Man Utd (3-4-2-1) Onana; Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw; Mazraoui, Casemiro, Fernandes, Dorgu, Amad, Mount; Hojlund.
Substitutes: Bayindir, Amass, Fredricson, Heaven, Collyer, Eriksen, Mainoo, Ugarte, Garnacho.

Referee Chris Kavanagh.

Nicolas Jackson’s ridiculous reddish paper against Newcastle leaves Enzo Maresca with a occupation successful attack. Chelsea person mislaid their main striker to suspension for the remainder of the league play and request to set erstwhile they big Manchester United. Options are bladed connected the ground. Christopher Nkunku is unwanted and has been unavailable successful caller weeks, the inexperienced Marc Guiu is returning from a hamstring wounded and Jadon Sancho is ineligible against his genitor club. Sancho would not person played up beforehand but having him disposable would person meant determination was an experienced alternate connected the flanks should Maresca person repeated a solution from erstwhile times of request and moved Pedro Neto into a cardinal role. As it is Chelsea volition astir apt person to spot their spot successful the breathtaking teen Tyrique George. Jacob Steinberg

Preamble

Good evening and invited to unrecorded sum of Chelsea v Manchester United astatine Stamford Bridge. On existent signifier we could astir apt person fixed this 1 to the pools sheet and saved everyone the bother. Chelsea are successful hopeless request of points and person won 7 of the past 8 league games astatine Stamford Bridge; Manchester United, who haven’t won a Premier League crippled successful 2 months, lone person eyes for adjacent week’s Europa League final.

Football is simply a comic aged game, truthful you ne'er know. But Chelsea request it to beryllium ultra-serious tonight: if they neglect to win, a Champions League spot volition beryllium retired of their hands.

Kick disconnected 8.15pm