Antony was named on Man Utd's bench against Galatasaray.
It is the first time the Brazil international has been included in a match day squad for nearly a month after being placed on a leave of absence to deal with the allegations.Last Friday, United announced that Antony, who denies the accusations, could return to training and was available for selection while ‘police inquiries proceed’.
Ten Hag suggested in his pre-match press conference that the player may feature against Galatasaray and defended his decision to bring him back to the first-team. He doubled down on these comments ahead of kick-off, telling TNT Sports: ‘Of course, our minds were with him and of course also the allegations.‘You think about it. We took them very serious, but we took the leave of absence to deal with this and he was fully co-operative with the police in Brazil and in Manchester.Ten Hag has made just one change to the side that lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace over the weekend, with Hannibal Mejbri replacing Facundo Pellistri.
‘Hannibal is a young player, he is not able to play three times in one week. He’s not that experienced,’ the manager added.‘I’m not used to it but you still what to have the best team always and from a technical approach he fits in very well today.
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