Manchester United duo ruled out of Leicester City clash
Manchester United duo Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial have been ruled out of the Premier League clash against Leicester City, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Jesse Lingard are doubtful, too, while Luke Shaw remains sidelined with a hamstring injury sustained in the 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace.
That’s five players out of action at a time when United really do need to inject some life into a campaign that threatens to be unsuccessful.
Speaking of his side’s injury crisis, Solskjaer said:
"“The treatment room has been busy and still is.“We don’t really know who is going to be available. Maybe Aaron, maybe Jesse and that’s it from the ones that had to pull out but I can’t promise those two will be fit either.”“Pogba won’t be fit unless he’s had a miraculous recovery overnight. He’s not been ready to train at 100 per cent.“We hope more can be ready for West Ham, Paul and Anthony are in that category. I think they will be ready for then. I can’t say more than that.”"
The United boss wasn’t shy when asked about Leicester either as he praised the manager, the players and the brand of football alike.
"“Leicester City is always a tough game. It’s a team and a club that is wanting to push for the top four I’m sure,” he said.“They have got good players and a very good manager, that’s a proven top manager.“Brendan’s teams always play good football and we will have to play well to deserve three points. We want to get the results we feel we deserve. We are coming into a busy period now, we don’t want to be behind Tottenham or Chelsea or Arsenal.”"
The Foxes have been on fire so far, drawing their first two games and winning the other two to go unbeaten into the international break. Yes, that’s true.
On the contrary, United have made the worst start possible – something we were all kind of expecting anyway. They smashed Chelsea 4-0 in the opening game; however, since then, everything that could go wrong has gone wrong for them.
Draws against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton and an embarrassing defeat at home to Crystal Palace has put them under huge pressure to turn up when they host Leicester.
That task, though, has been made tougher for the Red Devils because of the injuries. But Leicester would not care, would they?
The kind of football they are playing, they would not fear peak United, let alone a poor man’s version of it.
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They’d go to Old Trafford with the three points and only the three points on their minds.