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Man Utd boss Mourinho tightlipped over Bailly absence

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho offered little over Eric Bailly's absence for their draw at Liverpool.

Although Marcus Rashford was deemed fit enough to make the bench at Liverpool, and came on in the second half for Anthony Martial, Bailly has joined Marouane Fellaini, who picked up a knee injury with Belgium, on the sidelines.

"I don't think we have many options," the boss told Sky Sports. "Fellaini was injured with the national team, Bailly was injured with the national team and Rashford was injured with the national team. We don't have many options.

"I never complain about that. I was just mentioning it to you because the next question is maybe why is Rashford not playing? Why is Bailly not even on the bench? But, okay, since the moment we know the players we have available, we thought about the match and we thought about our options and we made these decisions."

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