MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho were surprise omissions from Manchester United’s squad to play Manchester City on Sunday.
Ruben Amorim is taking part in his first Manchester derby since taking over as United manager last month. And he made the bold call to leave out two of his most high-profile forwards for the Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium.
Amorim had not said that any of the players were injured before the game.
Rashford was substituted after 56 minutes of United’s Europa League game against Viktoria Plzen on Thursday and has scored three goals in six games under Amorim.
Garnacho, who scored in United’s FA Cup final victory over City in May, came on as a substitute against Plzen.
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