Five Manchester United players might be fearing Erik ten Hag team selection vs Real Betis

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Manchester United's previous heavy defeats this season have tended to be followed by a pretty swift and seismic response from Erik ten Hag. Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo were dropped after Brentford, Casemiro was promoted after Manchester City.

So after United saved their worst showing of the season for Anfield, where does he go from here? His press conference on Wednesday brought a robust defence of Bruno Fernandes and a suggestion the players were ready to respond.

It's unimaginable that there aren't at least two or three changes after the debacle on Merseyside and it will be interesting to see which way Ten Hag goes with his team selection. Will this be about rotation or punishment?

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After 13 successive starts Wout Weghorst is surely ready to drop out of the side. Antony's work rate was poor as the second half unravelled and Luke Shaw was poor defensively. Casemiro had his worst game of the season by a long, long way. Fernandes could still be made to pay for his emotional reaction in the second half.

The UEFA team sheet will drop at Old Trafford an hour and 15 minutes before kick-off and it's going to make for interesting reading.

Players must show a response

On Wednesday Ten Hag talked of his players needing to learn their 'lesson' from Anfield but urged for the focus to be on the next game now. Marcus Rashford said he was '100%' confident the team were ready to respond.

"We just have to be thankful the games are coming thick and fast," he said. "Because of all the principles we’ve had since the beginning of the season, we’re in a position where we’re still fighting on all fronts and still have a lot of games to