Football news - Anthony Martial returns for Manchester United after illness

Anthony Martial makes his return from illness as he starts Manchester United's home match against Bournemouth on Sunday.

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The 23-year-old missed the 3-1 win over Huddersfield Town on Boxing Day having scored in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's opening match, a 5-1 win at Cardiff City.

However, he is one of four changes for United, replacing Juan Mata, and starts in attack with Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford.

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Eric Bailly, Ashley Young and Ander Herrera also come in for Diogo Dalot, Phil Jones and Fred.

Romelu Lukaku returns from compassionate leave to be on the bench but the match comes too soon for Alexis Sanchez, who has been struggling with a hamstring injury, and he is not in the squad.

Meanwhile, Bournemouth go with three at the back and former United player Josh King joins Callum Wilson in attack.

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Manchester United - De Gea, Young, Lindelof, Bailly, Shaw, Herrera, Matic, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford, Martial. Subs: Romero, Darmian, Jones, Andreas, Fellaini, Mata, Lukaku.

Bournemouth - Begovic, S Cook, Ake, Daniels, Ibe, Stanislas, Brooks, Surman, Rico, King, Wilson. Subs: Boruc, Simpson, Mings, Lerma, Fraser, Mousset, Defoe.

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