“Of course, we are stretched and some of the players have played a lot. And they're improving for it and will reap the benefit and get stronger physically and mentally more robust. Of course, it's great having Eric [Bailly], Diogo [Dalot] and Luke [Shaw] back in so we have got more choices.

“It's a blow Marcus [Rashford] being out but that's football. It's part and parcel of it. He's been fantastic all season for us and now, unfortunately, we have to do without him.”

A FURTHER UPDATE

Shortly after the manager spoke to us on Tuesday morning, it was confirmed that Victor Lindelof had been sent home from training as a precaution due to illness.



It remains to be seen if the Sweden international will be available for Wednesday night's match.