When Erik ten Hag predicted in the pre-game briefing that Manchester United could have another injury nightmare, the manager surely cannot have expected that to occur the next day, in the opening match of the team’s US tour.
On 14 minutes in the game, though, he was forced to relive last season, when a total injury count of 66 was viewed as a prime factor in the club’s eighth‑place finish. At this juncture Rasmus Højlund, Ten Hag’s star No 9, was forced off. Twenty minutes later the Dane was followed by Leny Yoro, the new £52m centre-back.
