Manchester: Marcus Rashford hobbled off with an apparent groin injury late in Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.
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 in the 81st at Old Trafford.
“We have to wait — doesn’t look well,” United manager Erik ten Hag said of Rashford, who has netted 28 goals in all competitions this season to be United’s top scorer.
United is in the middle of a busy stretch of games, with the team fighting to finish in the league’s top four and also still in the Europa League and FA Cup.
Ten Hag said Rashford’s injury was “due to the schedule.”
“It can’t be that you play three games in six days,” he said, referring to United playing Newcastle last Sunday and Brentford on Wednesday. “We have to protect our players and everyone wants the best player on the pitch.
“Everyone wants to see great, entertaining football like today but then you need your best players.”
Rashford played the full game against both Newcastle and Brentford.
Lampard starts second Chelsea tenure losing at Wolves 1-0
Frank Lampard made a disappointing start to his second spell in charge of Chelsea when they lost at relegation-threatened Wolverhampton 1-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday.
Matheus Nunes’ spectacular angled strike in the 31st minute earned Wolves a win at Molineux that pushed them four points clear of the bottom three.
Lampard, a Chelsea playing great and its manager from 2019-21, was brought in this week on an interim basis in the hope that his knowledge of the club can see it through to a successful end to the season while the board seeks a full-time replacement for the fired Graham Potter.
Chelsea looked no different under Lampard, lacking a threat up front just as it did in the final days of Potter. It’s now three straight league games without a goal.
Lampard’s priority, though, is the Champions League where Chelsea faces defending champion Real Madrid in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Chelsea looks to have no chance of qualifying for the Champions League through its placing in the Premier League. The team is in 11th place and 17 points off the top four.
Nunes’ goal came after the ball bounced out to him on the right wing off the head of a Chelsea defender. The Portugal midfielder hit it first time into the far corner.