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Jack Flintham

Alejandro Garnacho makes Manchester United promise as five players risk Europa League suspension

Here are your Manchester United morning headlines on Wednesday, March 8.

Garnacho makes United promise

Youngster Alejandro Garnacho has promised that Manchester United's players will deliver a "reaction" when they face Real Betis in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 clash at Old Trafford on Thursday night.

United, who dumped Barcelona out of the competition in the last round, will be determined to get back on track at the first available opportunity after Sunday's humiliating 7-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield. After finding themselves 1-0 down at half-time, following a fairly even first half, the Reds collapsed after the break, conceding six times without reply.

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It marked United's biggest defeat since Boxing Day 1931, meaning the players will be determined to get back to winning ways against Betis and start making amends for one of the most dramatic second-half capitulations ever witnessed in the Premier League era. They had no answer for Liverpool's ruthlessness.

Read more from Garnacho here.

Five players at risk of Europa League suspension in United vs Betis

Manchester United's Casemiro is one booking away from being handed a one-match ban in the Europa League.

Casemiro has already sat out four games due to suspension this season. He was unavailable for the 3-2 loss to Arsenal in January after picking up five Premier League yellow cards in United's first 19 games before his red card against Crystal Palace ruled him out of two matches against Leeds and another against Leicester last month.

UEFA rules state that players who pick up three yellow cards from the group stages of any of its competitions onwards will be suspended for the next European match. Casemiro is currently on two, having been cautioned in both play-off legs against Barcelona.

Read more on the risk here.

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