Monday, April 29, 2019

Eric Bailly Out To Miss Rest Of The Season


Eric Bailly is likely to miss the rest of Manchester United's season after suffering a knee injury in the draw with Chelsea, according to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
United defender Bailly made his first league start since February on Sunday, but had to be taken off after a collision with Mateo Kovacic.
Solskjaer's side are now winless in their past four games in all competitions, and also lost Marcus Rashford to injury in the second half.
But while unable to provide an update on Rashford, Solskjaer confirmed Bailly is unlikely to feature again this term.
"Injuries? Rashy, we strapped him up before the game," Solskjaer told a news conference. 
"You could see clearly that his shoulder got worse and worse and he could no longer run freely. Eric, I think it is a bad knee injury.
"Hopefully it is not the worst case. I am sure we won't see him again this season, unfortunately. It just adds to what we got against Manchester City. Anyway, we will be ready against Huddersfield."
David de Gea's calamitous error enabled Marcos Alonso to equalise before half-time, though, and neither side could make the breakthrough after the restart, and Solskjaer acknowledged that United looked tired in the second half.
"We were tired towards the end of the game, that's for sure," Solskjaer said when asked if his side were not fit enough to carry out his gameplan.
"We have addressed that issue before. We have to take it one step at a time. We depend on everyone being fresh and fit.