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Tonight’s Champions League meeting is under threat of postponement due to heavy downpours in Istanbul.
After persistent rain in the city, pictures have been circulating of the Uefa Youth League meeting between the two clubs at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan which saw players encounter tricky conditions with standing water on the playing surface.
United are due to take on their Turkish opponents at Rams Park at 5.45pm, in which Erik ten Hag has named a 22-man squad minus the suspended Marcus Rashford.
Uefa officials are continuously checking whether the pitch in Istanbul is fit for the fixture this evening.
Erik ten Hag’s side are looking to save their Champions League status, having already fallen foul of three defeats in their group. They are set to welcome Rasmus Hojlund back into the side after he missed Sunday’s 3-0 win over Everton.
“He has been magnificent”, Ten Hag told reporters, addressing Hojlund’s start to his Champions League campaign. “As a young player, you’re playing your first season in the Champions League, you already score fives time and he’s so eager to score even more.”
Manchester United are currently bottom of Group A, though they are still just a point off second spot thanks to Bayern Munich topping the group. Galatasaray won at Old Trafford earlier this season and now United must make amends in Istanbul.
A win in Turkey would improve their fortunes but they know that the atmosphere in Istanbul is not for the faint of heart as Ten Hag attempts to mastermind what would be a remarkable survival job to reach the knockout stages of the competition.
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