Here’s how Man United might line up vs Chelsea in the FA Cup: Will Alexis Sanchez get to start?

Manchester United take on Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup this Monday.

And going into the game, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have a number of injury concerns.

United are yet to lose a domestic game ever since the Norwegian took charge but their loss to PSG in Europe this week, burst a lot of bubbles.

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The biggest cause of concerns for Solskjaer will be the absence of Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard.

Both the forwards came off injured during the 2-0 loss to PSG and shortly after the match the manager confirmed that the duo had muscle injuries.

And now going into the Chelsea match, the club have revealed that Martial and Lingard will be out for three weeks.




This means that Solskjaer will have to shuffle his front line and many believe that Alexis Sanchez will be given a start.




But given how badly he performed vs PSG we think it will be Romelu Lukaku who will be given the nod ahead of the Chilean and the Belgian will start in attack alongside Marcus Rashford.

Juan Mata should also make his way into the frontline replacing Jesse Lingard.

The midfield trio of Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic and Ander Herrera should remain unchanged while the back line will likely see one change.




Eric Bailly will most probably be rested and meaning Phil Jones will partner Victor Lindelof in central defence.

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First XI: De Gea, Luke Shaw, Phil Jones, Victor Lindelof, Ashley Young, Paul Pogba, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matic, Juan Mata, Romelu Lukaku, Marcus Rashford.

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