Mourinho should give these 3 Man United stars a chance against Man City

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Armenia captain Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been in fine form of late for United, although was dropped to the bench against Burnley on Sunday.

And that appears to be an indication that Mourinho is readying him for the Manchester derby on Thursday.

The 28-year-old has scored three goals in his last three starts for the Red Devils, including in both of their Europa League clashes with Anderlecht, and in the 3-0 win over Sunderland in the Premier League a few weeks back.

Clearly, the attacker is playing some good football and carrying a genuine threat going forward, and with Zlatan Ibrahimovic out for the season, Mourinho needs his frontmen to stand up and be counted, starting at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday.