Anthony Martial, Diogo Dalot ‘to miss Man United’s clash with Arsenal’
Anthony Martial and Diogo Dalot are reportedly set to miss Manchester United’s meeting with Premier League leaders Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday due to injury.
Martial, who has sought to reignite his Red Devils career under Erik ten Hag, only lasted 45 minutes in last weekend’s Manchester derby with Manchester City due to an unspecified issue.
The French attacker subsequently missed Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace, where Dalot was absent once again due to a thigh complaint.
The Portugal international sustained the issue during Man United’s 3-0 EFL Cup win over Charlton Athletic, leaving Aaron Wan-Bissaka to bomb down the right in his absence.
Speaking to reporters in his pre-game press conference, Ten Hag refused to rule either man out of the trip to North London, saying: “No, sorry. It’s Wednesday. We’ll have to see how far they are, if they are fit for the game on Sunday.”
Meanwhile, Jadon Sancho has returned to training at Carrington after working on an individual programme, having not featured since a 1-1 draw with Chelsea on October 22.
However, the 22-year-old was not part of the travelling squad for Sunday’s game either, and Ten Hag affirmed that he is not prepared to take any risks over the England attacker.
“He’s making the next step. Yesterday for the first time he was in team training. Team training is the final training before a game, so we will extend that in the coming days, [the] coming week, and then go step-by-step,” Ten Hag said.
As for Arsenal, Gabriel Jesus (knee) and Reiss Nelson (thigh) are set to miss out, while Mohamed Elneny and Cedric Soares are both nursing knocks but would not have started anyway.
Man United find themselves eight points behind the league leaders in the Premier League table and have dropped down to fourth place following Newcastle United’s goalless draw with Crystal Palace.
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