Man Utd’s top-four hopes now unrealistic, accepts Ralf Rangnick

Ralf Rangnick knows Manchester United’s Champions League destiny is out of their hands (Martin Rickett/PA)

Interim manager Ralf Rangnick knows Champions League qualification is unrealistic as Manchester United prepare to take on Chelsea without a swathe of key players.

Harry Maguire and Jadon Sancho have joined the Red Devils’ lengthy list of absentees for Thursday’s rearranged Premier League clash with Thomas Tuchel’s Blues.