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Man Utd stars arrive at training ahead of crunch Premier League clash with Chelsea

Manchester United's stars have arrived at training ahead of their crunch top four clash with Chelsea on Sunday.

The Red Devils host the Blues at Old Trafford with kick off at 4.30pm with both sides' top four hopes in the balance.

United are up against it in their battle to qualify for next season's Champions League and could end the day six points adrift of fourth place with two games to spare.

Their hopes of breaching the top four, which is currently made up of Liverpool , Manchester City , Tottenham and Chelsea, took a massive double hit after defeats to Everton and City in the past week.

United are on an alarming slide having lost eight of their last 10 matches, during which they have been dumped out of the FA Cup by Wolves and Champions League at the hands of Barcelona .

Solskjaer wants to halt United's slide (ZENPIX LTD)

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The Spaniard was not pictured among those entering Carrington on Saturday morning following his hamstring injury.

Scott McTominay and Phil Jones are both doubts, having missed the City defeat on Wednesday, but again neither were snapped driving to work.

De Gea has suffered a tricky week (ZENPIX LTD)
Rashford will be aiming to return to goal scoring form vs Chelsea (ZENPIX LTD)

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One player who was in the photographer's sights was David De Gea who is under pressure following his mistakes against Pep Guardiola's men.

But despite fans calling for the keeper to be dropped, Solskjaer is set to stand by his man.

The Norwegian said: "I trust David and he’s for me been the best player United have had for the last six or seven years. He has been absolutely outstanding – going through tough patches is part of a footballer’s career and David will be fine.”

Lindelof is likely to start in defence (ZENPIX LTD)
Lingard started vs City (ZENPIX LTD)

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Solskjaer reckons United are where they deserve to be but said he is relishing the challenge to take them back to the top.

"They've all seen the reality the last few weeks of where we're at," said Solskjaer. "If you look at the team's total points for the last five seasons, I don't know if you can give me the average, but the average points total is 70.

Matic arrives at training (ZENPIX LTD)
Dalot arrives at Carrington (ZENPIX LTD)

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"We're now on 64, so that's where we're at, the reality is where we've been the last five seasons, and that's not good enough. But that's not down to the last six seven or eight games, that's where we are. We have a great challenge ahead of us.

"We've played, you can say and some said, some easy teams in the beginning and more difficult teams now, but it's the whole scenario, the whole season.

"It's been an emotional season for the players and club, and that's what you've got to deal with as a footballer player, coach and manager - we're all human beings."

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