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Manchester United vs Zorya team news: Wayne Rooney on the bench again as Jose Mourinho makes four changes

The club captain was benched for Saturday's 4-1 Premier League win over Leicester City

Mark Critchley
Thursday 29 September 2016 18:47 BST
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Rooney was named among the substitutes for the visit of the champions
Rooney was named among the substitutes for the visit of the champions

Wayne Rooney has been omitted from Manchester United's starting line-up for Thursday's Europa League meeting with Zorya Luhansk.

Jose Mourinho has lived up to his word and kept his club captain out of side for the second consecutive game, having admitted that "he cannot afford to have a performance that is not really good."

Rooney, who appeared as a second-half substitute in Saturday's 4-1 win over Leicester, was always a doubt for the visit of Zorya after missing Tuesday's training session with a back problem.

Despite resuming light training on Wednesday, the 30-year-old forward has not been risked for the Group A clash.

Mourinho makes a total of four changes to the side which beat defending Premier League champions Leicester.

Sergio Romero, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Marcos Rojo and Marouane Fellaini come in for David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Daley Blind and Ander Herrera.

Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Zlatan Ibrahimovic all retain their places, despite pre-match suggestions that Mourinho may rest key players.

Line-ups

Manchester United: Romero; Fosu-Mensah, Bailly, Smalling, Rojo; Fellaini, Pogba; Lingard, Mata, Rashford; Ibrahimovic.

Substitutes: Johnstone, Carrick, Schneiderlin, Young, Martial, Depay, Rooney.

Zorya Luhansk: Shevchenko; Sivakov, Chayovskiy, Kamenyuka, Petriak, Rafael, Karavaev, Ljubenovic, Grechyshkin, Sobol.

Substitutes: Chuvayev, Sukhotskiy, Gordiyenko, Lipartia, Paulinho, Opanasenko, Checher.

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