That of Manchester United Preparations for the new season suffered in what could prove to be a setback for both Leny Yoro And Rasmus Hojlund limped to. in the first half of their friendly defeat Arsenal in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
Hojlund had started well in what turned out to be a 2-1 defeat at the SoFi Stadium, leaving behind a pass from Marcus Rashford. Ayden heaven and rolling an effort through the goalkeeper’s legs Karel Hein. However, five minutes after giving United an early lead, the Denmark international was forced to retire with what appeared to be a hamstring problem.
Yoro, signed from Lille for $76.2 million earlier this month, managed just 35 minutes before having to leave the procedure with what also appeared to be a muscle problem. The 18-year-old required long-term treatment when he went off the ball, but was able to continue working on his own despite a visible limp.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag told MUTV: “We have to wait 24 hours and then hopefully we will know more. We were very careful, especially with Leny. It’s disappointing that he had to go, but let’s be positive and see what comes out of it.” comes.” .”
Arsenal would emerge victorious in their third pre-season match, goals from Gabriel Jesus and a second half substitute Gabriel Martinelli achieve victory for Mikel Arteta’s side.
Instead of on the score, Ten Hag will focus more on the injury status of two players who promise to play a key role for his team next season. It looked like Hojlund would start the season as the first-choice striker ahead of new signing Joshua Zirkzee, while Yoro would have been confident in his chances of playing alongside Lisandro Martinez.
Injuries proved to have a damaging impact on United last season; the 45 separate injuries suffered by their players were the most of any Premier League team last season. Like Martinez, Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia missed most – or in the latter case all – of the campaign, with Ten Hag likening the experience to ‘swimming with your hands tied behind your back’.
With less than two weeks until United’s real season starts Manchester city in the Community Shield, Ten Hag hopes that Yoro and Hojlund’s problems will not set the stage for a repeat of last season’s problems.