Paul Pogba: Manchester United plan to punish 'tired' Arsenal after Europa League exploits

Sent off: Pogba was dismissed during the December win at Emirates Stadium
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Tom Dutton28 April 2018

Manchester United star Paul Pogba hopes to punish a weary Arsenal side when they visit Old Trafford on Sunday.

Arsene Wenger's farewell tour continues as the Gunners travel to United just three days after a battling 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid in the semi-final of the Europa League.

Thursday's trip to the Wanda Metropolitano will also be in the back of the players' minds as Arsenal's hopes of capping Wenger's last season with a trophy come down to a single game.

And Pogba has set his sights on capitalisinng and doing the double after Jose Mourinho's team ran out 3-1 victors at the Emirates Stadium in December.

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"It's a big one," Pogba told MUTV. "We need points.

"They have a big game against Atletico so maybe that might help us if they are a bit tired.

"We know it's going to be a hard game, it was a very hard game against them earlier in the season.

"But we had a very good team performance and David was amazing.

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"We need that again and we need everybody to be at their best because when that happens it moves the team up.

"We've been great in the last game with the team performance and against the top teams you always have to produce that."

De Gea will start between the sticks again as back-up Sergio Romero continues to be sidelined with a knee injury picked up on international duty.

Right-back Antonio Valencia is available after being forced off with a muscle complaint against Spurs last weekend.

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