How Man Utd could line-up against Crystal Palace with Luke Shaw and Brandon Williams giving Solskjaer injury dilemma
MANCHESTER UNITED travel to Crystal Palace tomorrow night hoping to bounce back from their 2-2 draw with Southampton on Monday.
Brandon Williams and Luke Shaw were both injured in the clash and are doubts for the visit to Selhurst Park.
Michael Obafemi nicked a dramatic late equaliser for the visitors, stabbing home from close range in the 96th minute.
Marcus Rashford’s and Anthony Martial’s goals seemed to have given United all three points but one of the main post-game talking points was the injuries to the two left-backs.
Shaw was replaced by Williams in the 75th minute after appearing to roll his ankle.
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And Williams was then forced off in injury time after an aerial collision with Kyle Walker-Peters saw him pick up a nasty gash.
Speaking ahead of the Palace clash Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed the two are injury doubts.
And that could see him hand Diogo Dalot, 21, just his second Premier League start this season.
The Norwegian said: “Luke has got a swollen ankle, so hopefully I’ll give him as much time as possible to recover – it was a twist on his ankle.
“Brandon’s eye, he cut up his eye there, so I don’t really know.
“We’ve not trained this morning, none of them trained yesterday, so they were both swollen and I’ll give them as much time as possible to get ready.”
The rest of the line-up will likely be the same as started against the Saints.
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But with an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea on Sunday, the United boss may be encouraged to shake things up.
Dan James – who scored against Palace in the South Londoners’ 2-1 victory at Old Trafford in August – could come in to give Mason Greenwood a rest.
And Scott McTominay could also slot in alongside Paul Pogba to give the experienced Nemanja Matic a breather.
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