Lisandro made the bench for last night's defeat to Everton after recovering from a knee injury suffered in February.
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"I like him," Whiteside told manutd.com before kickoff. "For a compact player, he's such a winner.
"That's what you want. You want people who want to win and he's one of them that would restore that sort of fire at Old Trafford because he's got a bit of fight in him, hasn't he?
"I mean, he's not going to shirk a tackle and stuff like that.
"And he sort of fits our left-hand side. He's been out all this season and a bit of last season, so it's not easy coming back from long-term injuries.
"Let's hope he's over it and gets himself back to what he was, because I like him.
"I like him as a player and I like his commitment."