Manchester United have been handed a double injury concern with the new Premier League season in sight after Rasmus Hojlund and Leny Yoro were forced off during their pre-season match with Arsenal. The 21-year-old former Atalanta man, Hojlund, had opened the scoring at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
However, the Denmark international was taken off shortly afterwards as a precaution. Hojlund went down in some pain, but was deemed fit enough to walk off the pitch and down the tunnel unaided.
Hojlund put United in front with a blistering run and finish. He latched on to a long ball in California before slotting home a first goal of the pre-season schedule, but it was not all good news.
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Wantaway midfielder Hannibal Mejbri replaced Hojlund and was deployed as a false nine by Erik ten Hag when he entered the fray. Gabriel Jesus levelled for the Gunners minutes after Hojlund was withdrawn to make the score 1-1 and Yoro soon followed Hojlund back into the dressing room – compounding worries for United.
United will share an update on Hojlund and Yoro after the final whistle. However, while the decision to substitute them was a precautionary measure, at the time, there are only 13 days before Ten Hag and his players get down to business in their first competitive match this season – the Community Shield.
Manchester City are their opponents at Wembley on Saturday, August 10. Before then, United have two other pre-season friendly matches in the Unites States – against Real Betis and rivals Liverpool – as they continue to fine-tune their preparations for the upcoming Premier League campaign.
United kick-off their latest top-flight charge with a home game against Fulham on Friday, August 16. It means there are less than three weeks to go for Ten Hag’s players to shake off their injury concerns.
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