On Thursday, Manchester United will sit at Old Trafford against Chelsea. Lonnick revealed that 6 first-team players such as Maguire and Sancho could not play and had to recruit 3 young players into the competition roster. In the event of a three-game losing streak to Chelsea, United will set a record for the number of premier league defeats in a single season.
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After suffering two consecutive defeats, United have all but lost the possibility of getting tickets to next season's Champions League. At present, Manchester United, who have one more game, have six points less than fourth-placed Arsenal.
So far this season, United have only scored 54 points, the lowest number of points after 34 rounds in the Premier League era. In those 34 Premier League games, United have won just 15 times and conceded 51 goals, both of which set the worst record in the Premier League era.
Meanwhile, United have scored 53 goals in 34 games, up from 2016-17 (49), 1992-93 (49) and 2015-16 (42).
Not only that, Manchester United has lost the Premier League 10 times this season, and if they lose one more game, they will equal the record number of Premier League defeats in a single season set in 2013-14.
Against Chelsea, United are expected to tie the record. Chelsea were the team with the most wins over United in the Premier League era, with the Red Devils already losing to the Blues 18 times.
Six were absent and only 14 were left in the first team
However, Lonnick was now facing the dilemma of no one available. The Manchester United boss revealed on Wednesday that Maguire, Sancho, Fred, Cavani, Pogba and Luke Shaw are all out of the game, and Wan Bissaka may also be absent due to injury, meaning that United only have 14 players left in the first team.
The Daily Mail revealed that Maguire suffered a knee injury and there was a possibility of season reimbursement. In order to assemble the 18-man squad, Lonnick will recruit youth team players such as Megerry, Ganganjo and Alvaro Fernandez. The Manchester United manager said: "We have a lot less players, one or two players and question marks. ”
The Sun predicts that Lonnick may only make one adjustment to the starting line-up compared to the match against Arsenal, replacing Sancho with Rashford. However, Meggiebri also has the possibility of starting, forming a double back with McTominay.
Predicted Manchester United starting lineup: De Gea; Terrace, Varane, Lindelof, Dalot; Nemanja Matic, McTominay; Erlanga, Bruno Fernandez, Rashford; Ronaldo