Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho surprised fans by leaving both Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial out of Manchester United's XI for their clash with Southampton .

Usually the Portuguese boss selects at least one of the two exciting young attackers, and has even picked both on occasion this season.

But against the Saints he opted for Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard behind Romelu Lukaku, leaving both Rashford and Martial on the bench.

With a trip to Everton on January 1 to come, it might just be that Mourinho is opting to rest his exciting attacking duo for a tricky trip to Goodison Park.

Mourinho has caused a shock with his selection
Normally these two replace each other (
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But that didn't stop fans from registering their surprise.

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