Man United suffer Højlund, Eriksen injury blow in Luton win

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United are sweating on the health of Rasmus Højlund and Christian Eriksen after their slim 1-0 win over Luton Town.

Højlund was substituted in the second-half with a hamstring downside whereas Eriksen was compelled off in the first-half with a knee injury.

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It’s extra dangerous information for supervisor Erik ten Hag, who’s already with out Casemiro, Lisandro Martínez, Luke Shaw, Tyrell Malacia and Jonny Evans. Aaron Wan-Bissaka missed the win over Luton due to sickness whereas Jadon Sancho stays exiled from the primary workforce due to a disciplinary situation.

“In this moment I can’t say anything about it [Højlund’s injury] because I don’t know,” Ten Hag stated on Saturday.

“We do an assessment but have to wait for 24 hours to see what the conclusion is. Give them, the medical [team], 24 hours to see what the problem is, if there is a problem.”

A size lay-off for Højlund, who has established himself as United’s first-choice centre ahead following his £72 million ($88m) transfer from Atalanta in the summer time, can be a specific blow forward of a troublesome run of away video games towards Everton, Galatasaray and Newcastle United after the worldwide break.

“You don’t want to lose any player and it is the same for Christian Eriksen, but this is also our season, so many injuries,” Ten Hag added.

“So therefore you have a squad. But we talk about it many times, the routine levels in your team, in the way of play. Hopefully the players are coming back and the new injuries are not too bad.”

Højlund continues to be ready for his first Premier League objective and earlier than going off, the Denmark worldwide was responsible of lacking two golden possibilities towards Luton both aspect of half-time.

Marcus Rashford, who has scored only one objective in all competitions this season, and Alejandro Garnacho each handed up good alternatives to make the ultimate outcomes extra comfy.

“I don’t think it is particularly a confidence thing because Rasmus Højlund scored five goals in the Champions League and he came full of confidence into this game, it will come,” Ten Hag stated.

“Rashford scored 30 goals last season, obviously he’s now not scoring but there will come a day when he starts scoring again. I think the other offensive players, like Garnacho, are capable of scoring goals.

“But what is nice, we have already got 13 goalscorers in our workforce and it expresses the way in which we wish to play soccer, everyone seems to be attacking, everyone seems to be defending, and in addition defenders can rating targets.”