Team News: Marouane Fellaini captains Manchester United, Luke Shaw starts
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Updated 09/04/2017 at 11:53 GMT
Marouane Fellaini has been named as the Manchester United captain for the first time for Sunday’s game against Sunderland.
Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini prepares to come on as a substitute as manager Jose Mourinho points the way.
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Jose Mourinho has named a strong line-up, but the armband duties have fallen to his Belgian powerhouse midfielder with a number of senior players missing.
There’s no place for goalkeeper David de Gea in the squad, with Sergio Romero starting, and under-pressure left-back Luke Shaw also starts.
Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Michael Carrick all have to make do with a spot on the bench.
Visitors Sunderland have made just one change, bringing back centre-forward Victor Anichebe to partner Jermain Defoe in a two-pronged attack.
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Sunderland: Pickford; Jones, Denayer, Kone, Oviedo; Rodwell, Cattermole, Ndong, Larsson, Anichebe; Defoe. Subs: Mannone, Djilobodji, Borini, Khazri, Manquillo, Pienaar, Gibson
Man Utd: Romero; Darmian, Bailly, Rojo, Shaw; Fellaini, Herrera; Lingard, Pogba, Mkhitaryan; Ibrahimovic. Subs: Pereira, Tuanzebe, Fosu-Mensah, Blind, Carrick, Martial, Rashford
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