Ruben Amorim has something exciting up his sleeve for Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United

Manchester United were poor until Bournemouth went down to 10 men on Sunday, but the majority who started at the Vitality Stadium will start against Athletic Bilbao on Thursday.

It has been 'Bilbao or bust' for a few months now, and it is truly remarkable to think this awful United side could lift a European trophy at the end of one of the worst campaigns in the club's history.

Nothing about the performance against Bournemouth gave fans hope of beating Bilbao, although games have been won against greater odds and anything could happen across two legs.

Ruben Amorim picked his team to face Bournemouth with Bilbao at the forefront of his mind. The players who will start at the Estadio de San Mames were allowed to build rhythm and it would be a surprise to see Amorim make more than two changes to the starting XI.

Shaw looked rusty for most of the game and played a role in Bournemouth's goal in the first half. He started on the left of the back-three, where he'd previously exclusively played under Amorim, but the 40-year-old moved Shaw to left wing-back for the first time in the second half.

Evanilson had been sent off already by that stage. Chido Obi was introduced to the game for Noussair Mazraoui, which meant Patrick Dorgu went to right wing-back and Shaw went to left wing-back.

Shaw looked better after the position switch. Bournemouth had 10 men and United committed bodies forward for an equaliser, so the context is important, but he had 29 touches of the ball, created three chances and played three crosses into the box.

The 29-year-old played the ball into the box for Rasmus Hojlund's goal, and his last 25 minutes on the pitch compensated for what had otherwise been an underwhelming return to action.

"It was not the plan