Slav explains Noble absence

Slaven Bilic has revealed that Mark Noble misses tonights Europa Cup clash because “he felt a little something in training.”

And the manager added: “He has played a lot of games in pre eason and we didn’t want to tae the risk because we believe he will be alright for the Manchester City game.

“This is the strongest team we could put out and it is an enormous match for us – massive. We really want to win and move into the competition proper.”