Erik ten Hag has confirmed that Manchester United will not know the total extent of the harm suffered by Antony towards Fenerbahce on Thursday for “24 hours”.
Antony changed Marcus Rashford for the ultimate levels in Istanbul, with the score-line tied at 1-1 and United on the lookout for a winner. However the Brazilian ended up being stretchered off himself solely 16 minutes later following intensive therapy on the pitch.
The winger initially went down on the far aspect of the pitch and was attended to by United medical employees. He got here again on however shortly signalled over to the bench that one thing wasn’t proper and proceeded to lie on the turf whereas a stretcher was readied.
“It is actually unfortunate for him. I really feel actual compassion for him, when he labored so exhausting in coaching,” Ten Hag instructed MUTV after the sport.
“His coaching performances are that good that he deserved to return on. When it’s a must to come off so shortly, that’s actually unhappy to see. Hopefully, it isn’t too unhealthy, we now have to attend 24 hours for what the evaluation is.”
It wasn’t clear precisely what the issue was within the second, with it initially showing that Antony could have pulled or tweaked one thing in his leg. However he was later seen leaving the stadium on crutches together with his left foot in a protecting boot.
Antony has appeared solely sometimes this season after slipping out of favour. He began and scored within the 7-0 rout of Barnsley within the Carabao Cup however has in any other case been a substitute.
Amad Diallo was the participant who changed him for stoppage time towards Fenerbahce, though some followers had difficulty with why the Ivorian wasn’t Ten Hag’s first alternative to interchange Rashford, or certainly to begin the sport provided that Noussair Mazraoui lined up as a ‘quantity 10’.
“For Amad, he’s doing effectively however we now have to reward the performances of Antony in coaching. He’s a menace virtually each coaching so I felt in that second to deliver him, to resolve the sport,” the United supervisor went on to clarify when quizzed on choice selections within the post-match press convention.
“However Amad you noticed he had one or two actions, very happy with all the trouble and many of the gamers the standard. I feel away from dwelling in Europe in a busy atmosphere, to begin with 4 attackers is an excessive amount of. So I do know Nous could be very succesful to play in that place.”
