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Man United team news: Jose Mourinho without two star men for Tottenham clash
LUKE SHAW and Chris Smalling remain out of the reckoning for Manchester United this weekend.
Luke Shaw and Chris Smalling are still out for Manchester United
Manchester United face Tottenham at 2.15pm on Sunday in a crunch match for both sides.
United sit six points behind Tottenham in sixth and nine points back from the top four.
Spurs though could force their way into the Champions League spots with a win - if Manchester City lose to Leicester on the Saturday or Liverpool lose to West Ham later on the Sunday.
Jose Mourinho's side booked their place in the Europa League knockout rounds last night
Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored his first goal for Manchester United last night
But United remain without Shaw and Smalling through injury.
Shaw was withdrawn at half time against West Ham in the EFL Cup on the 30 October and hasn’t featured in the two games since.
Smalling, meanwhile, has been missing since the 4-0 defeat to Chelsea.
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Both players were criticised for failing to play through the pain by manager Jose Mourinho, who is expected to bolster his defence in January when the transfer window reopens.
Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia and Matteo Darmian come back into contention after being rested for the trip to Ukraine.
Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Johnstone, Valencia, Fosu-Mensah, Jones, Bailly, Rojo, Darmian, Blind, Young, Fellaini, Carrick, Herrera, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Rashford, Rooney, Ibrahimovic.
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