Nobody in Europe has played more games of football than Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United side this season and the events of the last couple of weeks suggest the workload has taken its toll.
With Lisando Martinez now out for the season with an injury and Raphael Varane only likely to play a very small amount of football if at all, they are stretched at the back.
There were some recoveries for the Sevilla game with Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw and Marcel Sabitzer coming back into the squad.
Here’s who United will be facing next after the embarrassment against Sevilla, left only to focus now on the Premier League and FA Cup.
Straight after cup action in Spain on Thursday, Unied will need to pick themselves up down in London to take on Brighton in the FA Cup semi-final. The Seagulls are a demonstrably good football team and have shown they have what it takes to beat the Red Devils if they get it right on the day.
United must hope that there is not too much in the way of tiredness from the Europa League. Given how well the team has played for large swathes of this season, they will feel they deserve more than one trophy.
From a massive game in Europe, to a massive game in the FA Cup, and then a massive game in the Premier League. This match could be decisive for both sides when it comes to their hopes of finishing the season in the top four.
There are six points between the two sides at the time of writing so if United manage to win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it could spell serious trouble for Spurs and relative comfort for United as they try to hold onto third place.
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A few weeks or so ago, this would not have looked like too complicated a fixture for United to navigate. Now, though, Unai Emery has lofted his Aston Villa team right into the hunt for not just a Europa Conference League or Europa League place, but possibly even a Champions League spot.
They are an outside bet, but the Villans only need to get above Spurs and Newcastle. It’s the latter that will be harder to overturn but they will travel to Old Trafford with a huge amount to play for and confidence all around the squad.
A game where one team will be desperate to make amends after being knocked out of the FA Cup in the semi-finals, this will be United’s final match against a team that is also fighting for European qualification.
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