Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick says there are no plans to allow Paul Pogba to break his fast during Tuesday's clash with Manchester United.
Pogba is fasting for Ramadan, meaning he must abstain from eating and drinking from dawn until dusk for the whole of April.
"As a player, as a pro, he is used to that. I haven't spoken to him about that, this will not affect his performance," Rangnick said. "As far as I know, he is fasting but, as I said, I haven't spoken about that with him in person.
"I've had quite a few other players [who fast]. I also know at least one player of Liverpool, he used to be my player, who is also doing the fasting. Ibrahim Konate, so he would also have the same problem."
Rangnick also denied that fasting is impacting Pogba's performances.
"No, I just felt it was the right time to bring on fresh legs and fresh players," Rangnick said.
"It also had to do with the score at the time but I didn't think about Ramadan or something like that."
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