Bilbao's three top scorers missing for Man Utd second legpublished at 11:10
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Athletic Bilbao will be without Nico Williams, his brother Inaki and leading scorer Oihan Sancet for the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Manchester United on Thursday.
Nico Williams (groin), Inaki Williams and Sancet (both hamstring) were not included in the 24-man squad travelling to England.
The trio have scored 39 goals between them for Bibao this season.
Their absences further dents the La Liga side's limited chance of reaching the final, having lost the first leg 3-0 at home last week.
🎧 Does the Premier League matter?published at 07:35
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The Devils' Advocate team at BBC Radio Manchester are back with a fresh episode.
This week's talk focuses on the second leg against Athletic Bilbao, and they also discuss whether the Premier League even matters after another defeat against Brentford.
'Don't underestimate the power of momentum in football'published at 12:43 6 May
12:43 6 May
Alex Turk Fan writer
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Excited for that Bilbao final on 21 May, are ya? Already dreaming of Ruben Amorim lifting silverware in his first season, are ya? Salivating at the thought of the Champions League anthem blasting out at Old Trafford later this year, are ya?
Don't get ahead of yourselves. Manchester United may lead Athletic Club 3-0 on aggregate ahead of Thursday's semi-final second leg, but the job is far from done.
Sunday's defeat against Brentford served as a timely reminder that this group of players can collapse. An hour of football after Mason Mount's early opener in West London, his side trailed 4-1.
Need something more dramatic? You only have to look as far as the previous Europa League match at Old Trafford.
United led Lyon 2-0 at half-time. At full-time, it was 2-2, and when the clock struck 109 minutes, the visitors were 4-2 to the good. The bedlam that followed can't be explained.
And may I remind you of last season's FA Cup semi-final against Coventry City? The memory of that feeling as it turned 4-3 in extra time before VAR came to the rescue gives me chills.
You can also look back to last season's nightmare Champions League group-stage campaign (at your own peril).
Erik ten Hag's team only won one of their six games to finish bottom of Group A behind Bayern Munich, Copenhagen and Galatasaray.
They led in three of the five matches they didn't win but displayed an implosive tendency to crumble in each of them.
United should be confident. They are taking a three-goal advantage onto home turf and haven't tasted defeat in 13 European games this season.
But don't underestimate the power of momentum in football. An early goal for the visitors could easily tempt unwanted history to repeat itself.
Athletic Bilbao 'the most important game for us' - Amorimpublished at 14:27 5 May
14:27 5 May
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Manchester United have to "take all the hits" right now as they put their focus on the Europa League, says boss Ruben Amorim.
After a 16th Premier League defeat of the season away at Brentford on Sunday, United dropped to 15th in the Premier League table.
However, they are well placed to win a first trophy under Amorim and clinch Champions League football for next season as they take a 3-0 lead into their Europa League semi-final second leg against Athletic Bilbao on Thursday.
"I think it's stressful to lose games," said Amorim. "[But] when we're fighting for a title it's not stressful.
"I have no doubts that we are playing better and we are understanding the way we play, even in this context.
"So we have to take all the hits in this moment. We are losing games in the Premier League, but we are fighting for the Europa League so we need to accept that and to think about Thursday now, which is the most important game for us."
United made eight changes to their starting XI and succumbed to a 4-3 defeat at the Gtech Community stadium, despite Mason Mount giving them an early lead.
"As a club, we need to understand in this moment that we have a big responsibility [to win the Europa League]," Amorim added. "We have to prepare a squad for different competitions.
"[Rotation] is good for the players. Everybody is playing, we are preparing more than one game but it's hard.
"Of course we want to be competitive - we struggled a lot during these 90 minutes. We have to think about the next game and then the Premier League. It's really hard but we are doing the best we can to try to manage [the situation] and try to risk in some games."
'A great opportunity for me to start' - Mountpublished at 12:27 5 May
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Mason Mount after scoring in Manchester United's defeat against Brentford: "It's very difficult when you're getting injuries and little setbacks here and there but I've tried to stay positive since I've been back fit by building up minutes and biding my time.
"It was a great opportunity for me to start, and it was just about trying to have an impact in the game and helping the young players around me - I'm a little bit more experienced than some of them so I was just trying to speak to everyone.
"It was great for me to get to get the goal, but as a team there is a lot more to work on. We'll be back."
'Champions League? Lucky not to be in the Championship' - the fans' verdictpublished at 09:32 5 May
Steve: Absolutely awful. Scored three (two consolation goals) but shipped four. Do they think they need to be in a losing position before it's worth playing? They are not good enough to give teams a two or three-goal head start.
Michael: This was treated at the same level as a pre-season friendly, and the third youngest line-up in Premier League history proved it. It was a good runout for the second string and they only just came up short
Matt: How can we even consider selling Alejandro Garnacho? He's a bright, creative spark, running with the ball, an exciting, dynamic winger. The sooner we go back to width and crosses into the box (Amad Diallo and Garnacho), the sooner Hojlund starts firing. End this turgid possession-based football. It's tedious and gets us nowhere!
Chris: Another loss is disappointing, but the team is getting better and competing until the very end. Convinced the team will be competing for a top-six finish next season once the manager gets a few players he wants.
Tristen: The display was to be expected, as it was a much changed XI and we have a poor squad. Having said that, I can't believe our manager is talking about Champions League football next season already. We are lucky not to be playing Championship football, not the Champions League.
Ron: Good that our young players are being given a chance. This was never a crucial game, as our league position was never going to improve to any reasonable level. It's all about Europe.
Iagocymru: I understand we are resting players for the Europa League second leg next week, but what has improved since Ruben Amorim first started? How much difference is one summer transfer window going to make, going off previous ones? I'm just not sure. Fifteenth place? Something we need to get used to, maybe.
Man Utd youngsters showed 'lack of knowhow'published at 09:28 5 May
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Former Manchester United player Wayne Rooney says he "really felt" for 17-year-old forward Chido Obi during the Red Devils' 4-3 defeat to Brentford, as Ruben Amorim named the third youngest Premier League starting XI of any club ever.
Speaking on Match of the Day 2, Rooney said: "It did show at times. I think it showed with the lack of movement and knowhow on the pitch.
"The build-up was slow with balls going back to the goalkeeper and getting moved around slowly at the back, plus there was no movement from anyone to get on the ball.
"They had a 17-year-old lad up front - the youngest-ever to start a Premier League game for Manchester United - and they were just launching balls up to him.
"I really felt for [Chido] Obi because you could tell how inexperienced he is and then it also looked like he had no help. They were just throwing balls up to him.
"There was no intensity or organisation in Manchester United's pressing. There was lots of space for Brentford to do what they wanted to do and it was easy for them to deal with Obi up top."
Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy added: "I get that there were young players out there and they were playing against a good team, but Ruben Amorim only plays this system.
"He has been there for a while now and when you play a system that much and you work on it in training, surely we should be able to see some improvement - regardless of who is playing - because they should be organised."
Finally, United could make an offer for 26-year-old Barcelona and Uruguay defender Ronald Araujo, if they qualify for the Champions League. (Football365), external
Man Utd collapse to 16th Premier League losspublished at 18:27 4 May
18:27 4 May
Sean Kearns BBC Sport
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Mason Mount scored his second Manchester United goal
Manchester United lost for the 16th time in the Premier League this season with a 4-3 defeat by Brentford in north-west London.
Midfielder Mason Mount gave the visitors the lead with his second goal for the club, finishing off a fine cross from winger Alejandro Garnacho.
But Brentford scored four without reply, levelling through an own goal by defender Luke Shaw before taking the lead through Kevin Schade.
The 23-year-old grabbed his second of the game, heading in a cross by Bryan Mbeumo before Yoanne Wissa scored a fourth.
Garnacho scored a stunning long-range strike to cut the deficit to two, before winger Amad Diallo scored in the fifth minute of injury time to ensure it was a nervy finish for the Bees.
The defeat leaves United in 15th, on 39 points from 35 matches.
Attention switches now to Thursday's Europa League semi-final second leg against Athletic Bilbao, with United holding a 3-0 aggregate lead.
If defeat at the Gtech Community Stadium wasn't bad enough, injury to Matthijs De Ligt made the afternoon even worse.
The Dutchman went down before Brentford's second goal and was replaced by Harry Maguire.
'I liked the performance of the young players'published at 17:04 4 May
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Ruben Amorim spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Manchester United's defeat against Brentford: "I liked [the performance of] the young kids. I liked how we controlled the game without many occasions to score. In first 30 mins we struggle with set pieces but we already knew we didn't have the height to fight that. In second half we are near the draw and we suffer two goals like we did in beginning when we suffer one and let it go. We fight but in the end we lose but good things for the future."
On changes to his starting line-up: "We as a club we need to understand in this moment we have a big responsibility. We have to prepare a squad for different competitions.
On injury to De Ligt: "I don't know. We will see. I hope it's nothing serious. We took a risk with Maguire. Shaw had to go out because we need players for Thursday.
On the second leg against Bilbao: "I think it's stressful to lose games. When we're fighting for a title it's not stressful."
Did you know?published at 16:22 4 May
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With an average age of 22 years and 270 days, Manchester United's starting XI against Brentford was the third-youngest any side has ever named for a Premier League match, behind only Middlesbrough v Fulham in May 2006 (20y 181d) and Arsenal v Portsmouth in May 2009 (22y 237d).
Aged 17 years 156 days, Chido Obi was the youngest player ever to start a Premier League match for Manchester United. He was one of six starters aged 20 or younger for the Red Devils against Brentford, with only Middlesbrough ever starting as many or more in a single Premier League match (8 vs. Fulham in May 2006).
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