Sanchez was not present in open training at United’s Carrington training complex on Monday morning after he entered late on in the 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Saturday.

Manager Jose Mourinho confirmed Sanchez among the players who won’t be playing in his Monday press conference (Courtesy Daily Mail)

The 29-year-old flew into London from Chile on Thursday and stayed in the capital where he gathered with teammates ahead of Saturday’s match at Stamford Bridge.

Sanchez will be joined on the sidelines on Tuesday night by Diogo Dalot, Marouane Fellaini, Jesse Lingard, Scott McTominay and Phil Jones.

“The players you saw are the players that are available,” Mourinho said. “Nothing to hide and Alexis is out.”

Mourinho urged the United players to focus on their performance rather than the ‘awful’ result at Stamford Bridge, where a 96th-minute Ross Barkley equaliser denied them victory. The United manager admitted there were mixed feelings as the squad left Stamford Bridge.

“Against Chelsea, there were contradictions in our feelings because, by one side everybody was happy with the collective performance but not the result, so there were contradictory feelings.” He said.

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Manchester United chances of a return to the UEFA Champions League group stage got a boost after a 3-1 play-off victory over Club Brugge in the first leg on Tuesday.

Memphis Depay celebrates after scoring the second goal for Manchester United against Club Brugge

Memphis Depay put up a fantastic display on his European debut for United with two clinical finishes in the first half and made an assist for Marouane Fellaini to score the third goal late in the game.
Club Brugge took a shock lead in the 8th-minute through an own goal by Michael Carrick but Depay equalised five minutes later and scored again in the 43^rd minute to give United a 2-1 lead going into the lead.

Brugge defender Brandon Mechele was sent off in the 80th for two bookings, before Depay put in a superb cross that substitute Fellaini scored from making it 3-1.

Manchester united will travel to Belgium with a two-goal cushion in the second leg of their tie against Club Brugge.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal was pleased with the performance of former PSV Eindhoven attacker Depay who joined in the offseason.

“I want to kiss him tonight,” van Gaal said. “When you score two goals and the assist also, normally in the world you are the hero.”

Clube Brugge coach Michel Preud’homme lamented Fellaini’s goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

“This last goal was very bad for the confidence,” Preud’homme said.

Depay told BT Sport: “It is a nice feeling to score two goals at Old Trafford. We have to travel to Bruges and finish the job.”

Tuesday’s other play-off results;

Lazio Vs Bayer Leverkusen 1-0

Sporting Lisbon Vs CSKA Moscow 2-1

Astana Vs APOEL  1-0

Bate Borisov Vs Partizan Beogard 1-0
Read more on uefa.com

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The  two sides shared a 1-1 draw in last season’s corresponding fixture and both teams will be looking for a win.

Louis van Gaal’s team had a poor game against Spurs requiring an own goal to secure the win as they hit just a single shot on target.
Manchester United though have got a good unbeaten run record against Aston Villa at Villa Park in the Premier League and are favourites to win.

Aston Villa will look at the services of Rudy Gestede who came off the substitutes’ bench to score the winner against Bournemouth to lead the attack but Tim Sherwood must decide whether to risk the striker from the start after admitting he is still not fully fit.

Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood is considering starting striker Rudy Gestede against Manchester United

Aston Villa centre-back Jores Okore is out, while Jack Grealish and Carles Gil are both doubtful after only recently returning to first-team training. Gary Gardner and José Ángel Crespo both face late fitness tests.

Manchester United, meanwhile, remain without the suspended Marouane Fellaini, Phil Jones  and David De Gea with Bastian Schweinsteiger closing in  to full fitness as he recovers from a calf injury.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal confirmed Sergio Romero will remain in goal for today’s meeting with Aston Villa.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal comfirmed David de Gea will miss today’s game against Aston Villa at Villa Park

David De Gea’s situation at the club is not yet clear and when quizzed about the issue, Van Gaal told MUTV: “There’s no difference. The transfer period is still open and he [De Gea] still has the same problem.”

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Aston Villa have not beaten Manchester United at home in the Premier League since August 1995 (D7 L12).

The Red Devils have won more games against Aston Villa (32) than any side has against a single opponent in Premier League history.

Aston Villa have won just one of the last 39 Premier League games against Manchester United (L28 D10 W1).

United have scored 21 goals in their last seven Premier League games against Villa, averaging three per game.

Wayne Rooney has scored more Premier League goals against Villa than any other side (13).

Aston Villa have not won their opening two games of a Premier League season since 1999-00.

KICK-OFF TIME: 7.45pm (British Standard Time)

TV: Live on Sky Sports, highlights on BBC1

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