Up to 8 MU players are injured

(Baonghean.vn) - Eric Baillyand Luke Shaw was injured in the match againstSwansea in round 35 of the Premier League. The Red Devils now have no real central defender as the season enters a crucial phase.

Before the match, coach Jose Mourinho lost up to 6 players due to injury including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Timothy Fosu-Mensah. Luckily, midfielder Juan Mata has just recovered from injury, the Spanish player was on the list of Man United registered in the last match.

In the injury list, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Timothy Fosu-Mensah are the ones who usually play as MU's central defenders.

Luke Shaw is the 7th MU player to be injured. Photo: Internet.

With the recent injuries of Bailly and Luke Shaw, Man United now only have two healthy defenders, Daley Blind and Darmian. These two players had to play as center backs in the recent match against Swansea.

The wingers are Valencia and Young, who are midfielders by trade. This is quite strange because in this match, Swansea players did not play too fiercely or roughly.

In the 9th minute, Luke Shaw had to leave the field to make way for Antonio Valencia. With about 15 minutes left, Eric Bailly injured himself after a collision with Llorente in the middle of the field.

Mourinho may be right, “You can’t judge this game alone. The Swansea game is our ninth game in April. Our players are very tired.” Having to play in a tight schedule makes players very susceptible to injury. Mourinho joked, “With this kind of playing schedule, even going to the toilet can cause a player to break his leg.”

In addition to the race for the Top 4 in the Premier League, Man United still have two semi-final matches with Celta Vigo in the Europa League. Perhaps Mourinho's use of the central defender pair Daley Blind and Darmian is just a temporary solution. When playing in the Europa League, Carrick will probably play with Blind, the central midfielder has been arranged to play this position many times.

In this match, Mourinho also has a young central defender McTominay, but this player has not started any match so the possibility of playing is not high. In this context, perhaps MU will advocate "using attack to defend" when Martial, Lingard, Herrera, Rashford are in quite good form.

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