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George Smith

Manchester United fans react to starting line-up vs Southampton as Harry Maguire starts

Interim manager Ralf Rangnick has named his starting line-up for Manchester United's Premier League tussle with Southampton at Old Trafford this lunchtime.

United, who contested a 1-1 draw with the Saints at St Mary's back in August, will be looking to get back to winning ways after being forced to settle for a point against Burnley at Turf Moor on Tuesday evening.

Despite taking the lead through Paul Pogba's first goal of the season, United were pegged back right at the start of the second half through Jay Rodriguez, meaning the Reds are now without a win in their last two outings. Nevertheless, a victory this lunchtime will lift them back into the top-four until tomorrow at least.

Rangnick, who will be looking to lead United to a second consecutive home win over the Saints this lunchtime, has made just one change to the side that drew with Burnley.

Cristiano Ronaldo has come into the side, meaning Edinson Cavani has dropped out.

Meanwhile, the likes of Alex Telles, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Elanga are amongst the substitutes. Cavani, however, has not been included in the squad.

Having made just one change to his side, Rangnick will be hoping that it proves to be enough to to give his players a spark of motivation that they're in need of after back-to-back disappointing results, although the performances, at times, have offered encouragement.

It is Rangnick's decision to keep club captain Harry Maguire in the starting line-up that has attracted the most attention from United's supporters in the immediate aftermath of the team news being confirmed, with the England international having been guilty of producing another questionable performance on Tuesday.

Below, MEN Sport has taken a close look at what some of United's supporters have had to say in response to Rangnick's decision to hand the skipper another start.

As you can see from the messages displayed in the tweets above, Rangnick's decision to keep Maguire in the team has not gone down well, with some fans slamming the move and others calling for him to be sold.

United starting line-up: De Gea; Dalot, Varane, Maguire, Shaw; Pogba, McTominay, Fernandes; Rashford, Ronaldo, Sancho.

Substitutes: Henderson, Telles, Jones, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka, Hannibal, Lingard, Mata, Elanga.

This lunchtime's contest at Old Trafford kicks-off at 12:30pm and you can follow all of the action on our matchday blog, which you can access by clicking here.

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