Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag didn’t seem optimistic concerning the probably severe injury to Lisandro Martinez within the closing levels of his workforce’s 2-2 draw with Sevilla on Thursday.
United had led 2-0 within the sport and gave the impression to be cruising in direction of a fourth Europa League semi-final within the area of seven seasons. But two late personal objectives from Tyrell Malacia and Harry Maguire gave an in any other case poor Sevilla a renewed foothold within the tie earlier than the second leg in Spain.
To make issues worse, Martinez was carried off the pitch with the Premier League facet main 2-1. At that stage, Ten Hag has used all 5 of his permitted substitutions, leaving United to complete the sport with 10 participant and, in the end, concede the second purpose.
Martinez, who has turn out to be a agency fan favorite since becoming a member of from Ajax final summer time, was working with the ball in direction of the top of the sport however abruptly went down underneath no strain from an opponent – the Argentine was worryingly clutching the again of his proper foot and ankle.
He seemed to be in some degree of ache and discomfort straightaway and was carried from the pitch by worldwide teammates Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuna as a substitute of ready for a stretcher. Once on the facet, an upset Martinez was taken inside on the stretcher by the medical workforce.
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“We’ve seen Lisandro drops out after a moment where there was no opponent involved so it does not look great,” Ten Hag told BT Sport. “I can’t say [how serious it is] at this moment.”
The United boss also confirmed that the reason for withdrawing Raphael Varane at half-time was the result of an injury, the full extent of which is not yet known.
The consensus speculation on Martinez, based on the way he went down and appeared to immediately know something was wrong, is that it could be an Achilles problem. The worst case scenario would be a ruptured Achilles tendon, a serious injury that usually takes in excess of six months and sometimes up to a year from which to fully recover.
United staff and fans alike will be praying it isn’t that serious. But more information will become available in the coming days once tests and scans are carried out.
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