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The City boss appears ready to stick with his decision and keep Stefan Ortega in goal.<\/p>\n<p>The optimism that followed Amorim\u2019s appointment at United has been quelled following back-to-back league defeats to Arsenal and Nottingham Forest \u2013 with Dan Ashworth\u2019s shock departure also adding to the feeling of uncertainty that still lingers around Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>United attempted to get back on track against Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League on Thursday night with the head coach again ringing in changes as part of his rotation policy.<\/p>\n<p>Rasmus Hojlund came off the bench to spare United\u2019s blushes with two goals to rescue all three points with Amad Diallo again playing a key role in attack.<\/p>\n<p>Mason Mount, coming off the bench to replace the disappointing Joshua Zirkzee, had a positive impact on the game and will be hoping to earn a start at the Etihad.<\/p>\n<p>With Jonny Evans and Victor Lindelof both available again, United\u2019s injury situation is looking rosier than it has done in quiet some time with Luke Shaw their only absentee.<\/p>\n<p>Predicted Man City XI to face Man Utd<br \/>\nOrtega, Walker, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol, Bernardo, Gundogan, Savio, de Bruyne, Doku, Haaland<\/p>\n<p>Predicted Man Utd XI to face Man City<br \/>\nOnana, Yoro, de Ligt, Martinez, Mazraoui, Mainoo, Ugarte, Dalot, Diallo, Fernandes, Hojlund<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola\u2019s side left Crystal Palace with a point last weekend but returned to losing ways midweek, beaten by Juventus to deal a major blow to their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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