Erik ten Hag allays Casemiro injury concerns ahead of Manchester United trip to Nottingham Forest | SVTEM55 | 2024-02-27 16:08:01
Erik ten Hag allays Casemiro injury concerns ahead of Manchester United trip to Nottingham Forest | SVTEM55 | 2024-02-27 16:08:01
Casemiro is fit for Manchester United's journey to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup on Wednesday after being pressured off throughout their defeat to Fulham on Saturday.
The Brazilian midfielder suffered a conflict of heads with Fulham's Harrison Reed at Previous Trafford and had to be substituted with blood pouring from his head.
There was concern for the former Real Madrid man after the contest, with Ten Hag saying: 'I don't know if it's concussion however it's undoubtedly face to face.
'I truly don't know [what's wrong] but he had to come off. He needed to come off so we've to talk with the physician, and the medical workforce, to see how he's doing.'
Nevertheless, fears have been allayed at a press conference on Tuesday, with the Dutchman saying: 'He was bleeding so needed to come off. He's obtainable for tomorrow.'
Unfortunately for Ten Hag all his other damage considerations are extra long-term and no different gamers on the sidelines might be again this week.
Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez, Rasmus Hojlund, Tyrell Malacia, Mason Mount, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Anthony Martial are all out until a minimum of next month.
The Manchester United boss could also be lacking a string of players however he needs to see a vastly improved efficiency towards Forest than he saw within the shock loss to Fulham on the weekend.
'I used to be not happy with the performance with the defending, especially on the left aspect, how we did the pressing as a result of they came out, especially within the first half an hour,' he stated.
'A number of occasions on the left aspect and that can't occur and that has to do with willingness, spirit, ardour. That was within the previous weeks excellent for this staff and subsequently, we gained soccer video games.
'I do know footballers usually are not robots, typically they've dangerous, days. But it will possibly't be, it's unacceptable, we have now to do better tomorrow but within the weeks before we've got finished very nicely.'
On how key an FA Cup run is to the Purple Devils' season, he added: 'If you end up unbeaten for January and February, then you definitely lose one recreation…Clearly it was a poor performance, poor defeat.
'We need to keep in each competition. That doesn't change our strategy, as a result of that's for every match.'
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