Fans nervous as Man Utd boss Solskjaer drops Rashford with Jones and Smalling in central defence

United play in the lunchtime kick-off at Craven Cottage with Romelu Lukaku up front and the centre-back pairing of Phil Jones and Chris Smalling.


United welcome Paris Saint-Germain to Old Trafford on Tuesday so it stands to reason that Solskjaer would make some changes.

But his side have the chance to jump into the top four, with Chelsea up against Manchester City on Sunday.

Diogo Dalot starts at right-back, Luke Shaw on the left, with the settled midfield trio of Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba in the centre.

Then in attack, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial, with Juan Mata acting as a playmaker.

 

It is unclear whether Solskjaer will go with a front three, with Mata on the right, or have him in the No10 role of a diamond midfield.

Solskjaer told his former team-mate Gary Neville on Sky Sports: "Everyone is different, they bring different qualities, Rom with his physicality I think can cause their defenders some problems.

"Juan with his cleverness. Craven Cottage isn't a biggest of places, it'll be tight.

"There aren't a lot of players that are cleverer than Juan. Hopefully he can open up the door for us.

"There's no secret to playing football.





"One, you've got to enjoy yourself. Two, you've got to have good players. And they've got to express themselves.

"There are some tactical bits: play forward, run forward — there's no secrets in football — work hard, stay together as a team!"

Neville quipped in response: "It wasn't that simple for me at Valencia when I tried that."

MAN UTD TEAM

Starting: De Gea, Dalot, Smalling, Jones, Shaw, Herrera, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Lukaku, Martial.

Subs: Bailly, Lingard, McTominay, Rashford, Romero, Sanchez, Young.

FULHAM

Starting: Rico, Odoi, Le Marchand, Ream, Bryan, Chambers, Seri, Schurrle, Vietto, Babel, Mitrovic.

Subs: Ayite, Cairney, Christie, Kebano, Fabrico, Sessegnon, Zambo.

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