Nottingham Forest midfielder Jesse Lingard hopes for a positive response from Manchester United fans tonight.

Lingard didn't get on the pitch in his final United game at Old Trafford but is hoping to get a fitting goodbye this time around as he returns with Nottingham Forest.

“I was itching to get on," he told SPORTbible. "I was trying but, like I say, it didn't happen."

“It was the last home game and he didn't put me on. I just thought, can you not put me on, even if it was just for the last five minutes so I can clap the fans and have a send-off? I felt like I deserved that, to be honest. But it didn't happen. Hopefully I can go back there and do it.

“It'll be good to hopefully get a send-off. Obviously I didn't do one last time. So, It'll be good to see the fans and my old teammates again. But we'll be going there to win. It's not about seeing friends again. It's an important game, which we need to win."