Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed three players picked up injuries during the 3-1 comeback victory over Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday.
The Reds fell behind in a highly physical game to a Bernard goal early in the first half, but showed tremendous fighting spirit to equalise through a thumping Bruno Fernandes header just moments later. Portuguese playmaker then scored his second goal with a cross that was meant for Marcus Rashford, before providing the assist from which substitute Edinson Cavani scored in added time.
United’s impressive win on Merseyside was overshadowed by injuries – which the manager blames on fixture congestion. During interview with MUTV, when asked if there are any problems, Ole said:
“Yes. Victor’s back, Marcus’s shoulder, Luke Shaw’s hamstring. That’s three I can remember from the top of my head. I hope everyone else is okay. David didn’t play [in midweek] but he had a groin problem before the game.”
Solskjaer is annoyed that his United players were forced to play a lunchtime kick-off on Saturday, after taking part in a vital UEFA Champions League fixture in Turkey on Wednesday night.
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Give us another 24 hours or 26, 28 hours to recover and you’ll get a better game from us,”
the manager fumed.
“The first half was top. Get on the ball, play and the goals we scored were fantastic. In the second half they went into survival mode because they’re tired, they’re on their knees but fair play to them. You could see, of course, Scott, Fred, Victor didn’t play [on Wednesday], Juan didn’t play the full game in Turkey. You could see they’ve got legs but the others were down on their knees.”
Mason Greenwood was not part of Travelling squad to everyone’s surprise but while Speaking to the broadcaster BT Sport after the final whistle on Merseyside, Solskjaer admitted that Greenwood was struggling with ill health.
“He wasn’t feeling well last night,” the manager reported. “He looked well in training, he looked OK. But then he reported he was not well and can’t travel.”
