Barcelona takes Philippe Coutinho for the shock of Man Utd

Philippe Coutinho is expected to make his debut in Barcelona when the Catalan club host Manchester United in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final, despite the return of his injury to Ousmane Dembele.

The Spanish giants have a 1-0 aggregate lead over the Red Devils after Luke Shaw's goal allowed Ernesto Valverde's team to clinch a decisive away win in the first leg. Wednesday.

Coutinho played 65 minutes of the first encounter at Old Trafford before being replaced by Arturo Vidal and should retain his place for Tuesday's return leg at Camp Nou.

The Brazilian started his league match in Huesca on the bench on Saturday, making it one of the club's 10 changes that beat United in the middle of the week, with goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen being the only player to keep his place.

The match saw French winger Dembele make his first appearance in four weeks, while the La Liga leaders were bound to score a draw from the club's bottom, Huesca.

The 21-year-old, who missed the first-leg match of the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Champions League after being injured at hamstring in his team's 5-1 win over Lyon in the previous Round of the competition, teamed with Kevin Prince Boateng before replaced by Coutinho in the 67th minute.

However, as this match is the first match of the French for a month, it is expected to be replaced when the men of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will travel to Spain.

Despite the fact that he is not at his best, Dembele almost found a breakthrough at El Alcoraz and his return will be seen as a major badet for Valverde, the Catalan side aiming for a triple.

Barcelona started the weekend with an 11-point lead at the top of the La Liga and took advantage of its lead while Valverde gave a good start to many young players.

Senegal defender Moussa Wague and midfielder Riqui Puig both made their first appearance in La Liga as the reigning Spanish champions kept an eye on Tuesday.