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Red Devils will hope to turn around their woeful Old Trafford form in ‘Battle of Britain’ clash

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The Europa League hosts another eagerly-anticipated ‘Battle of Britain’ clash at Old Trafford tonight. Having fought to a tight draw with Tottenham at Ibrox last month, Rangers now head south of the border hoping to exploit a Manchester United side who have been largely dismal at home of late - with manager Ruben Amorim making headlines after Sunday’s defeat to Brighton by claiming his team were maybe the worst in the club’s history.

United have lost four of their last five games at home, though Europe has offered respite for Amorim so far with two opening wins to have them on course for automatic qualification for the last 16. They begin the night in seventh with 12 points and no defeats, with Rangers only a place and a point behind them after an encouraging season of their own on the continent that has come amid a hugely disappointing domestic campaign under Philippe Clement.

Rangers - who lost a pre-season friendly to United last summer - have never beaten or even scored a goal against this evening’s opponents in four previous meetings, while they have not won a European tie in England for more than 32 years. Follow Manchester United vs Rangers live below!

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14 seconds ago

Toby Collyer poised for first European start for Man Utd

A big night in store for Toby Collyer, Manchester United‘s 21-year-old academy graduate who is making his first-ever European start in midfield.

His selection tonight - along with that of Christian Eriksen - with Kobbie Mainoo and Manuel Ugarte both dropping to the bench probably tells you all you need to know about Casemiro’s future at Old Trafford.

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5 minutes ago

Amad Diallo plots downfall of former loan club Rangers

Plenty of eyes tonight will be on Amad Diallo, who has been by far the best Manchester United player during Ruben Amorim’s tenure so far.

The Ivorian winger signed a new five-and-a-half year contract at Old Trafford earlier this month and continued his fine form with a stylish home hat-trick against Southampton last week.

Tonight he comes up against the club for whom he only made 13 appearances during a frustrating loan stint back in 2022.

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23 minutes ago

Six Rangers changes as Butland returns in goal

Captain James Tavernier, Robin Propper, Jefte, Connor Barron and Nedim Bajrami are the only Rangers players to retain their starting berths following Sunday’s 5-0 thrashing of minnows Fraserburgh in the Scottish Cup at Ibrox.

Jack Butland is back in goal, with Tom Lawrence on the bench after injury.

Barron deputises in midfield for the suspended Mohamed Diomande.

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30 minutes ago

Five changes from Man Utd as Bayindir, Collyer and Garnacho all start

So that’s five changes from Ruben Amorim to the Manchester United side that started Sunday’s 3-1 home defeat to Brighton, with Altay Bayindir - the hero of the recent FA Cup win at Arsenal - getting another chance to impress in goal in place of the error-prone Andre Onana.

Harry Maguire makes way for Lisandro Martinez in defence, with Noussair Mazraoui also dropping out.

Young Toby Collyer comes in alongside Christian Eriksen to make his first-ever European start in midfield, with that duo replacing Kobbie Mainoo and Manuel Ugarte.

Alejandro Garnacho also comes into the attack despite today’s latest transfer links to Chelsea.

Antony is on the bench as expected despite that imminent loan move to Real Betis.

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48 minutes ago

Rangers lineup

Rangers XI: Butland, Tavernier, Propper, Balogun, Jefte, Barron, Raskin, Cerny, Bajrami, Yilmaz, Igamane

Subs: Kelly, Munn, Dessers, Lawrence, Dowell, King, McCausland, Rice, Lovelace, Curtis, Nsio, Hutton

51 minutes ago

Manchester United lineup

Manchester United XI: Bayindir, De Ligt, Yoro, Martinez, Amad, Collyer, Eriksen, Dalot, Fernandes, Garnacho, Zirkzee

Subs: Heaton, Onana, Maguire, Malacia, Mazraoui, Casemiro, Mainoo, Ugarte, Antony, Hojlund

57 minutes ago

Clement calls on Rangers to 'write history' at Old Trafford

Rangers boss Philippe Clement, meanwhile, says he is not interested in the ongoing “noise” around Manchester United.

The Belgian said he has no interest in “parking the bus” at Old Trafford tonight as he urged his players to “write history”.

Rangers have never beaten or scored a single goal against United in four previous competitive games, having also lost 2-0 in a pre-season friendly at Murrayfield last summer.

Rangers’ last win in Europe over English opposition came with a double over Leeds in 1992.

"I'm not somebody who believes in parking a bus in front of goal and hoping that nothing happens, hoping to come one time on the other side to score a goal," said Clement.

"So we'll play to our qualities. Of course, we also need to consider the qualities of Manchester United.

"It's a really, really big challenge. The spotlight is on the players and it's a massive opportunity.

"I know my team and my squad will embrace those moments. You dream of being in stadiums like this."

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1 hour ago

Maguire: Manchester United must stop gifting the first goal

Harry Maguire was also asked if it was helpful to hear Ruben Amorim describe his players as nervous after their sixth home defeat of the season already.

"We spoke about the first goal at Old Trafford. It's not teams coming to Old Trafford and opening us up and tactically breaking us down,” he said.

“Anyone that was at the game against Brighton - it was a 50/50 game and could have gone either way and we gave them a goal early on which we knew we had to stop. We spoke about it in the pre-match.

"We have to stop giving away the first goal. The first goal against Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth were set-plays, the first goal against Southampton was from a set-play.

"These aren't things that are tactically a problem - these are things that you have to go into a game focused on and mentally ready to win a football match.

"Football matches are sometimes defined on small margins and at the moment we aren't getting those because we aren't mentally focused enough to make them go our away."

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1 hour ago

Harry Maguire responds to Amorim's 'worst team' criticism

And what of the players’ response to that controversial public criticism from their manager?

Harry Maguire was alongside Ruben Amorim conducting yesterday’s pre-match media duties at Carrington.

"As players after the game we were really frustrated and disappointed coming off the back of a good away performance,” he said.

“We were confident and felt we could beat Brighton.

"We have to look at ourselves and take responsibility on ourselves.

"As an individual I go home and think about how I can help this team improve and get back to where we want to get to, which is to challenge a lot higher than we are in the league.

"We have to take responsibility and improve individually, which will help the team improve."

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1 hour ago

Ruben Amorim: It's good to be honest and not 'delusional'

Ruben Amorim was also asked if it was helpful to keep publicly claiming that his players are nervous amid another hugely disappointing run of form...

"If you want I can be delusional and say different things,” he said.

“I say it as I see it. I said it to the players and I said it to you - I think it's a good thing to be really honest.

“If you want me to say different things, I can start to do that because it is easier for me.

“If you are in the stadium you can feel it but I am not nervous, I am frustrated."

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