Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag expressed concern about an injury picked up by Marcus Rashford during the 2-0 Premier League win against Everton on Saturday.
Rashford pulled up in discomfort after chasing down a ball through on goal and was substituted soon afterwards in the 81st minute. The England forward gestured to United’s bench that he needed to come off and was feeling the groin area in his right leg as he left the field.
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Speaking postmatch, Ten Hag blamed United’s schedule; they are still in the FA Cup and Europa League as well as a battle to finish in the Premier League’s top four, and they won the Carabao Cup earlier this year.
“I can’t say in this moment, you are doctor, maybe?” the United manager said when asked for an update on Rashford. “I am not. We have to wait, how bad or how good it is. Obviously he went off with a complaint, now we have to wait, set a diagnosis and we will see.
“Some things you can’t avoid but it was avoidable. Why is the Premier League giving us the late Sunday night game [last week vs. Newcastle] and giving us the early Saturday game? I think it’s not right.
“You run the risk, the players can’t recover that quickly, we know all research that players need a certain period to recover and it accumulates. So then you run even more of a risk. It’s also part of the schedule that we now find ourselves in this situation and now we can only pray he is not dropping off.
