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.

Fortunately, midfielder Juan Mata has just recovered from injury, the Spanish player was on the list of Man United for the last match. In the list of injuries, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Timothy Fosu-Mensah, who usually play as center backs for MU, were injured.

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 central defenders in the recent match against Swansea. The wingers were Valencia and Young, who were originally midfielders. This is quite strange because in this match, Swansea players did not play too fiercely or violently.

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.

Center-back Eric Bailly injured himself after colliding with Llorente in the middle of the field. Photo: Internet.

Mourinho may be right: “You can’t judge this match alone. The Swansea match is our ninth match 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 broken 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, perhaps Carrick will pair up with Blind.

Now Mourinho 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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