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Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick hinted that Edinson Cavani ruled himself out of the Manchester derby, despite returning to training this week.

Cristiano Ronaldo had already been sidelined with what Rangnick described as a hip flexor problem, and the manager opted to start with a front three of Anthony Elanga, Jadon Sancho and Bruno Fernandes - leaving Marcus Rashford on the bench.

Cavani has been out of action for close to a month, with his last minutes in a United shirt coming in the draw against Burnley on February 8.

The Uruguayan international has been struggling with a groin injury, missing a number of games as a result.

And the suggestion from United's boss was that Cavani himself made the decision to wait a little longer for his return.

"Edi trained well in the last three days but, at the end, he didn’t feel quite well enough to be able to play," Rangnick said before the game, though there was no news on whether he will be back in the picture for an important run of games in the coming days.

Man Utd were also unable to call upon Luke Shaw and Raphael Varane for their