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Steven Railston

Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcus Rashford to start - Manchester United fans name starting line up vs West Ham

Manchester United fans want Cristiano Ronaldo to start against West Ham on Sunday afternoon.

Ronaldo has made just two Premier League starts this season, which came against Brentford and Newcastle, and he's made the majority of his starts in the Europa League, which is a competition he made it clear he did not want to feature in.

The 37-year-old started against FC Sheriff on Thursday and he scored his first goal of the season at Old Trafford. Ronaldo scored the third goal of the match, getting on the scoresheet with Diogo Dalot and Marcus Rashford, who scored his sixth of the season.

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Erik ten Hag was asked if he was impressed with Ronaldo's perseverance to get a goal having missed a number of chances and said:

"Yes, what you said, he kept going, the team kept going to put him in the right position. He kept going to put himself in the right position. He didn't give up. That's his whole career. That's why he's so good and he got the reward for it."

Those comments suggest Ronaldo could start against West Ham and that's what the supporters want to see. United fans have voted for their favourite starting line up on Sunday and the centre-forward is included in the fans' most popular team.

United fans want to see Dalot, Lisandro Martinez, Victor Lindelof and Luke Shaw start in defence, while the midfield three of Casemiro, Christian Eriksen and Bruno Fernandes has also been voted for, rather unsurprisingly.

The line up also includes Rashford and Antony, who fans would like to see start on the left and right respectively.

United fans' XI: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelof, Martinez, Shaw, Casemiro, Eriksen, Fernandes, Antony, Ronaldo, Rashford.

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