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Man Utd boss Solskjaer explains Lindelof, Rashford demotion for Fulham clash

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer benched Marcus Rashford and dropped Victor Lindelof from his squad for today's clash at Fulham.

Chris Smalling and Phil Jones returned to the team, while Romelu Lukaku also came into the starting line-up and David De Gea captained the side.

Solskjaer told MUTV: "There are a couple of niggles. Rashy got a dead leg against Leicester that he's struggled with all week, so we don't want to risk him.

"At the back, we've got a few changes. Victor is out, not a really a concern, he should be okay for Tuesday.

"Chris (Smalling) and Jonah (Phil Jones) did really well against these at home [in the 4-1 win in December] just before I came so it was a really easy decision."

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