Amorim: Europa final places still up for grabs

Ruben Amorim says there is still time for players to secure their place in his Europa League final line-up as Manchester United look to head to Bilbao buoyed by a morale-boosting win at Chelsea.

- By SIMON PEACH

Next Wednesday's San Mames showpiece against fellow Premier League strugglers Tottenham is crucial for the misfiring Red Devils as it offers silverware and Champions League football at the end of a wretched campaign.

This is comfortably United’s worst season of the Premier League era, with the 16th-placed side heading to Chelsea tonight looking for some much-needed positivity having lost 2-0 at home to West Ham last time out.

“The best way is to face the game like we should face the game - it is to win the game,” head coach Amorim said of the Stamford Bridge clash.

“We need to perform, we need to win points in the Premier League and that is the feeling. We talked about that after West Ham.

“We have time to recover (after Chelsea).