United made five changes from the side that beat Man City. Mason Mount was replaced by Christian Eriksen. Altay Bayindir replaces Andre Onana, Victor Lindelof and Leny Yoro act in central defense. Antony replaces derby hero Amad Diallo.

Tottenham, just two changes from St. Mary’s. Pedro Porro is back on the right, Djed Spence on the left after he was so good against Southampton. Yves Bissouma replaces Lucas Bergvall after a suspension.

Ruben Amorim spoke to Sky on leaving Rashford out and putting Garnacho on the bench: “It’s a choice. In my opinion, the players are ready to meet the demands of a strong game. I try to imagine it all week and then make my selection.

“It’s always the same, with every player – not just with Marcus. In the end I have to make a choice and that’s what I did.”

About Garnacho: “He was good, like the others. He is ready to play the game, I really liked the way he trained. It’s another option in attack. He’s really fast and good at one-on-ones. We need that kind of ability and he’s ready to help us.”

Justin Kavanagh is in: “In the week before Christmas, United play against a team with Portuguese amateur Fernandes and Turkish goalkeeper Bayindir. The supposed wise men have now put an end to the club by laying off around 250 employees. “He has your back!” And he’s wearing your P45. Christmas greetings from Manchester, everyone.”

I wrote this article a year ago, hmm.

Being United manager is certainly more difficult than Spurs, right? There is no Rashford tonight.

Rick Harris added: “What is lost sight of in the case of Marcus Rashford is that his numbers are actually pretty good for a winger. Of course not as good as Mo Salah, but way ahead of Jack Grealish, Anthony Gordon and better than Bukayo Saka.”

Even Keir Starmer’s Bagman contributed: “It’s always difficult for Spurs, isn’t it? I think the Prime Minister is focused every day on getting up, delivering the plan for change, delivering on the priorities of the British people and delivering on the mandate for which he was elected.”

Some quotes about the BBCwhich show a backlash to Ange’s comments that his job is harder than everyone else’s.

Andy Prendergast, GMB national secretary, said: “When we have members doing 12-hour shifts of hard work and struggling to put food on the table, the idea becomes that it is somehow harder to manage a football team , who make millions a year, just underlined how out of touch these people are. They need to understand the world that their fans who pay their salaries actually live in.”

Gavin Edwards, head of social care at Unison, said: “Managing a Premier League team is an exceptionally stressful job. But the salary is huge and the managers know what they are getting into. Health workers and nursing staff do equally stressful work, but without the high wages, bonuses or payouts that come with Premier League football. As a result, both industries are struggling to retain staff and vacancy rates remain stubbornly high, to the detriment of all of us and the broader economy.”

The teams

Last trip for these two:

The pre-game press conferences can be found here.

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