Manchester United vs Newcastle team news: Jose Mourinho missing three players

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Standard Sport5 October 2018

Ashley Young is back in contention for Manchester United's vital Premier League clash with Newcastle United.

A minor unspecified injury meant the left-back missed Tuesday's Champions League draw with Valencia, which Marcos Rojo, Jesse Lingard and Ander Herrera also sat out through injury.

Jose Mourinho confirmed those three players remain absent this weekend, when Phil Jones, Andreas Pereira and Diogo Dalot will be hoping to be involved after being left out of the squad in midweek.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Grant, Valencia, Dalot, Young, Darmian, Shaw, Smalling, Jones, Bailly, Lindelof, Pogba, Fellaini, Mata, Matic, Pereira, Fred, McTominay, Lukaku, Martial, Sanchez, Rashford

What Mourinho said

Jose Mourinho admits it would be unacceptable for Manchester United to go five matches without a win.

Rafael Benitez's struggling Magpies will arrive at Old Trafford on Saturday looking to compound the hosts' poor recent run.

United are looking to avoid going five matches without a win for just the second time since 1999.

When it was put to Mourinho on Friday morning that such a run for a club of United's size is not acceptable, he said: "Yes, I accept (it is not good enough)."

United have not won at Old Trafford since the opening day of the season - a run that extended on Tuesday when Valencia secured a 0-0 draw.

That Champions League result followed the loss to Tottenham, draw with Wolves and EFL Cup exit on penalties to Derby, which Mourinho does not class as a defeat.

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"Only one defeat at home all season, only one defeat in the last seven matches," he said.

"But not victories at home in the past three matches - three draws.

"Not the feeling of the defeat, but not the happiness of the victory. So, yes, it is important for us to try and win this match on Saturday."

Additional reporting by the Press Association.

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