Manchester United will travel to Wembley on Sunday without their full squad amid a number of injuries and setbacks. Their lack of strength in depth was exposed against Sevilla in Thursday’s Europa League tie, a 3-0 defeat ending the club’s hopes of a cup treble this season.
There were a small number of positives to take from the disappointing evening, though. Marcus Rashford made his return from injury by coming off the bench while Marcel Sabitzer was deemed fit enough to start after pulling out of Sunday’s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest with a groin issue. READ MORE: Sevilla defeat shows Erik ten Hag has to get ruthless Meanwhile, Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia both came on in the second half to feature after their respective setbacks.
However, United didn’t get through the game scot-free ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final with Brighton. The striker has been plagued by injury this season, missing more than 30 of United’s matches.
The 27-year-old made his first start since January in the first leg against Sevilla and began the subsequent two matches. However, Martial has not seen out a full 90 minutes across the whole of this campaign and was forced off with an issue against Sevilla.