Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted that Alexis Sanchez was not 'ready' to play against Tottenham on Sunday.
The Chile international was left out of the United squad for the visit to Wembley - a week after he made his first start since November against Reading in the FA Cup.
Sanchez limped off last weekend after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury that kept him out for two months prior and Solskjaer maintained the Spurs game came too soon for him.
Solskjaer said on MUTV: 'He is not ready yet.