Manchester United without Anthony Martial and Edinson Cavani for RB Leipzig game

Manchester United will be without Anthony Martial AND Edinson Cavani for crunch Champions League showdown at RB Leipzig, with both suffering from minor knocks

  • Manchester United’s Champions League progression comes down to one game
  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side travel to face RB Leipzig in Champions League 
  • They must at least secure a draw to guarantee reaching knockout stages
  • Anthony Martial and Edinson Cavani are both out of game with minor injuries 

Manchester United will be without Anthony Martial and Edinson Cavani for their do-or-die Champions League clash with RB Leipzig. 

Both attacking players are nursing minor injuries and will not travel to Germany for the final group game. 

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said: ‘David de Gea is travelling, Luke Shaw is travelling, Edinson and Anthony won’t be making the trip, minor niggles.’  

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have to rejig his forward line for the RB Leipzig showdown

Edinson Cavani (left) and Anthony Martial (right) are out of the game with minor niggles

Edinson Cavani (left) and Anthony Martial (right) are out of the game with minor niggles 

United need at least a draw to guarantee their place in the knockout stages of the competition. 

So the absence of two of their striking options is a blow, although Martial has been struggling for form so far this season. 

Cavani’s absence may be a more significant blow as he has shown signs of his best recently, particularly in the brace he scored against Southampton.  

Despite the fact that a point would be good enough against Julian Nagelsmann’s team, Solskjaer insisted that United will not be sitting back with a cautious approach. 

He said: ‘I think you approach the game as a 90 minute game, anything can happen in any moment, you can’t sit back and hope for a 0-0 draw, its not in our genes, the club’s genes. You have to play to win. 

‘Games like this are something that we want. Tradition for Manchester United is to make it hard for ourselves! Even ever since I played and that’s a long time ago.’

United fought back from a goal down to beat West Ham 3-2 on Saturday afternoon

United fought back from a goal down to beat West Ham 3-2 on Saturday afternoon 

Harry Maguire added: ‘We go there and look to win, for sure we won’t be sitting back.’ 

There is a lot of pressure on United heading into Tuesday’s match, but Solskjaer is confident the players will rise to the occasion.

‘Knockout games or games like this that mean you can go through or not are big,’ the United boss said.

‘The players are here, they are Man United players, because they have qualities that we’ve looked for and I’m sure that tomorrow night will prove that’s the reason why they’re here, they will show it.

‘I think the character of the group is getting better and better and we’re looking forward to the game.

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