Manchester United‘s defender, Harry Maguire, and the forward duo Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial will most probably be out of the Manchester derby for Manchester United. Due to their respective injury, the three-star players of Manchester United will be out from the game against Manchester City. The match will be played at the Etihad Stadium on 2nd October.
📝 – Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford are very doubtful for the Manchester derby. Neither of them have trained this week. #mufc [@hirstclass]
— UtdXclusive (@UtdXclusive) September 29, 2022
It is not yet confirmed if the player will show up for the upcoming matches. Manchester United is hoping to see a number of players for their training for selection but there could be the possibility of a few absentees.
Manchester United star players’ injury report in detail
Harry Maguire
Harry has gone through an uncertain hamstring injury in UEFA Nations League. Due to his injury, England had got a downfall of 2 goals against Germany but they later turned the game by taking 3 strikes within 12 minutes.
While moving towards the end of the game at Wembley Stadium, Harry was seen limping due to his injury. But managed to survive for the whole 90 minutes until the end. It’s quite uncertain that Maguire will be present at Man united’s match on Sunday, 2nd October against the rivals Manchester City.
Even though he received criticism for his performance, his teammates took his side and praised him for playing till last.
Anthony Martial
The striker of Manchester United, Martial has still not returned to training after his Achilles injury. Martial suffered the injury after playing for only 45 minutes in Premier League football this season.
On 8th Sept, Ten Hag said: ” Yes, he is still out. He is progressing but he is not ready to get back into training or in a game”.
Marcus Rashford
The forward player of United has also missed his training due to his thigh injury along with the above players. Marcus acquired the injury after the win against Arsenal on 4th September in the Premier League.
However, Marcus has had almost a month’s recovery period ahead of the Manchester derby on 2nd October. So, the player is expected to return for further matches as he is back now and is also training hard to be good enough for upcoming matches.
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