Manchester United are back in Europa League action when they host Rangers on Thursday night.
Two matches remain in the League Phase of the Europa League, with Manchester United sitting in seventh place, knowing the top eight will progress to the knockout stages.
United face Rangers following a disappointing 3-1 defeat against Brighton in the Premier League on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Rangers progressed to the Scottish Cup last 16 at the weekend, with a 5-0 win over Fraserburgh.
The Gers are currently placed second in the Scottish Premiership, three points behind leaders Celtic. They also stand a chance of reaching the knockout phase and will be looking to cause an upset at Old Trafford.
This will be the first time the two teams meet in the Europa League. They previously clashed four times in the Champions League, with one draw and three United wins.
Paul Clement sends warning to Manchester United
Rangers manager Philippe Clement wants his players to go to Old Trafford with ambition.
It will be the first meeting between the two clubs since 2010 when United won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Wayne Rooney.
United won’t have Rooney this time and Clement will be hoping his side can take advantage of their opponent’s questionable form.
That said, United are unbeaten in Europe this season.
“I want pressure, to be very clear,” Clement said, as quoted by the Manchester Evening News. “I want pressure on the team.
“I want my team to be ambitions. And if we are somewhere, that we have higher ambitions to make it better. So, that’s what we’re going to do.
“The team has worked really hard to be in a good position in this Europa League. They did really well in this Europa League.
“We know what Manchester United are. We know their level. But we’re going to go there to fight and to show ourselves and to do something really special. That’s our ambition, to go there and to do something special.”
Manchester United face in-form Rangers
Rangers’ 5-0 win over Fraserburgh in the Scottish Cup was their third successive win.
Clement’s side stretched their unbeaten run to seven matches ahead of their trip to Manchester.
United’s first team have made hard work of their European campaign, dropping points against FC Twente, Porto and Fenerbahce – but still managed to win their last two matches in the competition.
Rangers drew 1-1 with Tottenham in their previous Europa League outing. They also scored four goals in their games against FCSB and Nice.
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