Team News: Marouane Fellaini captains Manchester United, Luke Shaw starts
Marouane Fellaini has been named as the Manchester United captain for the first time for Sunday’s game against Sunderland.
Jose Mourinho has named a strong line-up, but the armband duties have fallen to his Belgian powerhouse midfielder with a number of senior players missing.
There’s no place for goalkeeper David de Gea in the squad, with Sergio Romero starting, and under-pressure left-back Luke Shaw also starts.
Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Michael Carrick all have to make do with a spot on the bench.
Visitors Sunderland have made just one change, bringing back centre-forward Victor Anichebe to partner Jermain Defoe in a two-pronged attack.
Teams in Full
Sunderland: Pickford; Jones, Denayer, Kone, Oviedo; Rodwell, Cattermole, Ndong, Larsson, Anichebe; Defoe. Subs: Mannone, Djilobodji, Borini, Khazri, Manquillo, Pienaar, Gibson
Man Utd: Romero; Darmian, Bailly, Rojo, Shaw; Fellaini, Herrera; Lingard, Pogba, Mkhitaryan; Ibrahimovic. Subs: Pereira, Tuanzebe, Fosu-Mensah, Blind, Carrick, Martial, Rashford
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