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Manchester United will make a late decision on Marcus Rashford’s fitness ahead of their Premier League clash against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.
Rashford limped off last weekend’s second-half draw against Liverpool but trained at Carrington on Thursday and is in contention for the trip to the South Coast.
However, Scott McTominay is likely to miss out with a knee injury, while coach Erik ten Hag will also be without defenders Raphael Varane, Victor Lindelof, Jonny Evans, Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia.
“Rashy trained yesterday, so we’ll see how he recovers today,” Ten Hag said in his Friday press conference. ‘Today we have another training session and then we will make a decision about it.
‘Scott, I don’t think so, we have a training session, so we have a day. He will push, he really wants to be a part of this tomorrow, so he is very questionable.”
Marcus Rashford has given Manchester United hope ahead of their clash with Bournemouth
There were doubts over the striker’s inclusion after he limped off during his team’s draw against Liverpool last weekend.
Erik ten Hag (left), however, revealed that the England player has trained this week and that a late decision will be made on his inclusion.
Mo Salah’s last-gasp penalty at Old Trafford meant United had dropped seven points in a week after conceding an injury-time equalizer at Brentford and two more injury-time goals in the defeat to Chelsea .
Ten Hag has challenged his players to make sure they get a win over the lines this time, adding: “Of course it frustrates me and the team as well.” The most important part is that we achieve it, that we put ourselves in a winning position. It wasn’t luck, we did it according to a plan, then we have to achieve victory.
‘We should act better in those moments. It has to do with individual tactical errors, it is not due to excessive play. We have to manage certain situations better.’
United produced one of their worst performances of the season in the 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth at Old Trafford in December, and Ten Hag warned his players that they will have to rise to the physical challenge at the Vitality Stadium in Saturday’s game. at dinner’s time. -off.
However, midfielder Scott McTominay is likely to miss the game on the south coast with a knee injury.
Ten Hag admitted United were not “mentally prepared” to face Bournemouth last time out as his side lost 3-0.
“It was after a very good performance against Chelsea this week, we were not mentally prepared for that game,” the United boss said. ‘They improved us and we lost the battles, and tomorrow will be no different.
‘That’s how they want to play, they want to fight you. You go into that fight, you have the conviction and you need to support each other to win battles, overcome them and run away from them.’
