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Ruben Amorim has suggested he will play a strong Manchester United side in their final Premier League match before the Europa League final. United travel to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Friday night before they face Tottenham Hotspur in Bilbao next Wednesday night.
United won't take any unnecessary risks with their team selection for the league encounter, though Amorim also wants to retain match sharpness ahead of their most important match of the season. United are currently 16th in the Premier League but could redeem their campaign if they secure Champions League qualification with victory over Spurs.
Amorim plans to give several key players minutes against Chelsea, though he has hinted that certain individuals will be rested to avoid injury risks. United last played against West Ham on Sunday afternoon, and it would represent a 10-day gap for any player not involved tomorrow night.
Manchester United line up vs Chelsea
Speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to face Chelsea in the Premier League, Ruben Amorim reiterated the best preparation for the Europa League final would be to win at Stamford Bridge. It could be viewed as a controversial policy by some supporters, after Tottenham Hotspur lost star forward Dejan Kulusevski to injury in their dead-rubber defeat to Crystal Palace last weekend.
"The best way is to face the game like we should face the game, it is to win the game, we need to perform, to win points in Premier League and that is the feeling," he told reporters. "We talk about that after West Ham. We need to improve in the way we face competitions and stay focused in every moment of the game. Against West Ham we had clear situations to score, in the first situation they have, they score. These details matter. The only way I know how to prepare a final is, in the normal game for our league, we must play the same way as a final.
"We have to try to recover, the best thing to prepare the final is to play the game and then the players have to understand if you play or don’t play against Chelsea, it means nothing to the final. That is important. I am just preparing the game of Chelsea. That is my focus. We want to win and we want to perform."
When asked how close the Manchester United starting line up tomorrow night would be to the one that will face Tottenham next week, he added: "I don’t know. I know the starting 11 I am thinking for Chelsea and then I will see. Even the way we play there against Chelsea I will see it and it will be important for the next one.
"Again, it is going to be a massive part this game to the next one, so we need to perform and they need to perform, that is an important thing. Then we are going to the same way if there is a player that can get an injury and is not recover for this game who would put him at risk of the final he will not play but if it is not that situation, he will have a lot of time to recover. We cannot spend eight or nine days without a game before the final, that is a bad thing for the final. We will prepare for the game."