Erik ten Hag told the Manchester United tactic he should ban from FA Cup final vs Man City

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea ought to be banned from playing out from the back against Manchester City in the FA Cup final, according to retired midfielder Danny Murphy.

The all-Manchester affair will take place at Wembley on Saturday, June 3, and United can stop City from trying to emulate their treble achievement of 1999.

Pep Guardiola's side have a Champions League final against Inter Milan to come and have wrapped up the Premier League title to claim their fifth top-flight crown in six years. A Manchester derby will decide this season's FA Cup winners.

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City will be expected to have the bulk of the possession in the encounter and United might well have to change their usual tactics when Erik ten Hag's side take on Guardiola's outfit. Chief among those will be passing out from the back and Murphy believes De Gea ought to be banned from doing so in a bid to nullify City's pressing threat.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Murphy said: "United can't afford to gift City anything and as the champions are brilliant at pressing, and De Gea uncomfortable with his feet, I'd ask him to kick long. Every. Single. Time.

"It's not a style that will win the league but in a one-final against the best in Europe, you have to do what it takes.

"And that means trying to release Rashford and Garnacho and as long the midfielders pick up second balls, so be it.

"To ask De Gea to play out is asking for trouble so you may as well remove any uncertainty and expressly forbid it."

Murphy believes that Fred should start alongside Casemiro in the middle of the park. And in terms of where Rashford should play, he believes the England international should