Pogba misses United's Liverpool clash

[March 10, 2018]    By Simon Evans

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester United's French midfielder Paul Pogba was ruled out of Saturday's clash with Liverpool after picking up an injury in the team's final training session.

Manchester United's Paul Pogba REUTERS/David Klein

Spaniard Juan Mata starts in midfield while Marcus Rashford returns to the United starting line-up to make a three-pronged attack with Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez.

Defender Eric Bailly returned to the starting line-up after being sidelined for over three months with an injury.

Liverpool's Jordan Henderson, who suffered a dead-leg in Tuesday's Champions League tie against Porto, starts on the bench for Juergen Klopp's side.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will partner Emre Can in the center of midfield while James Milner captains the side in Henderson's absence.

(Reporting by Simon Evans, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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