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Mark Hughes, on the other hand, makes eight changes from the side that lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace in the FA Cup over the weekend with only Phillipp Wollscheid, Erik Pieters and Bojan Krkic keeping their places in the starting line-up. Marc Muniesa is fit enough to return from injury while top goalscorer Marko Arnautovic returns in attack. Xherdan Shaqiri is on the bench.

Van Gaal makes two alterations from the side that beat Derby 3-1 in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday. Young right-back Guillermo Varela may count himself unlucky to drop to the bench having impressed against the Rams but he sees his place taken by the returning Matteo Darmian. Morgan Schneiderlin is the other change with…