Erik ten Hag press conference live Manchester United updates and team news for Man City fixture

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag will take questions from journalists at Carrington on Thursday afternoon.

Ten Hag spoke to the press for a post-match debrief on Wednesday night after United's win against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup and he will preview the Manchester derby today.

United will take on Manchester City on Sunday afternoon and they have a point to prove because Pep Guardiola's side comfortably won 3-0 at Old Trafford earlier in the season.

Bruno Fernandes left the City Ground with a limp and it's understood he played through an injury sustained against Fulham to feature in that cup fixture.

Ten Hag will give an update on the team news and give his thoughts on City. He is due to speak at 2pm but his quotes are embargoed unit 2.30pm, so we'll bring you updates from then.

Follow below for every word from the press conference.

Raphael Varane passed a late fitness test to be involved in the victory over Forest and Erik ten Hag was delighted by the character shown by two of his most important players.

He said: "It was not easy, especially in the back four we had serious problems. I am very happy that Rapha fought to play his game and Bruno he had a very bad injury as well. He fought to be part of the game. I am very pleased for him, to have an assist on the goal of Casemiro."

United are unhappy with the way Bruno Fernandes was portrayed as having feigned injury in the dying moments of their weekend defeat to Fulham in the Premier League.

A clip posted to Fulham's official TikTok account showed Fernandes going down with an injury in the dying moments of the Old Trafford defeat before he got bac to his feet in an attempt to try and find a winning goal for his side.

The short video clip was captioned, 'so