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Why Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic played in defence over Victor Lindelof

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straight to your inbox every day, freeVictor Lindelof did not come on for Manchester United against Istanbul Basaksehir as he is nursing a back injury.Lindelof started United's 2-1 defeat on the bench and was replaced by fellow centre-back Axel Tuanzebe, who was substituted at half-time with United 2-0 down.United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer withdrew Tuanzebe as he had been booked and sent on Scott McTominay, with midfielder Nemanja Matic dropping back to play in central defence.

Centre halves Lindelof and Teden Mengi remained unused.Solskjaer made six changes to the team which soullessly lost 1-0 to Arsenal on Saturday and used up all five substitutions in vain as United slumped to their fourth defeat out of nine games in the Champions.

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