Manchester United: Ruben Amorim offers update on new double injury concern in Rangers win

The centre-back brace each retained their starting berths for Thursday night’s alleged ‘Battle of Britain’ clash against Scottish absorption successful the Europa League astatine Old Trafford, with De Ligt notching what helium thought was the opening extremity successful the archetypal fractional arsenic headed location unmarked from a corner, lone to spot it disallowed owed to a foul by Yoro connected chap defender Robin Propper.

The Dutchman ended up being replaced astatine half-time by Harry Maguire, portion Yoro played lone 10 minutes of the 2nd fractional earlier making mode for Tyrell Malacia, who has been linked with a precocious January determination distant from the club.

United are already without Jonny Evans astatine contiguous owed to injury, arsenic good arsenic semipermanent absentees Luke Shaw and Mason Mount, portion different centre-back successful Victor Lindelof has not played since earlier Christmas but did instrumentality to grooming astatine Carrington this week contempt not making the matchday squad against Rangers.

Asked if De Ligt was injured aft that half-time change, Red Devils brag Ruben Amorim told TNT Sports aft the game: "He felt thing successful his leg. Also Leny, truthful we cannot hazard anything. We person to triumph but we person to support the players and amusement that everyone matters successful this moment.

"We started the crippled scoring first, that is important. You tin spot that successful Europe, it is rather different. We scored the archetypal 1 and successful the Premier League, it is not a foul.”

Amorim was pleased with the eventual result against Rangers that saw captain Bruno Fernandes volley location a melodramatic victor in stoppage clip aft substitute Cyriel Dessers popped up precocious to get the amended of Maguire and cancel retired a horrible ain extremity from Jack Butland.

The frantic last-gasp triumph each but sealed United’s automatic qualification done to the Europa League past 16 up of their last league signifier fixture distant against FCSB successful Bucharest adjacent week and ended a dismal tally of 4 defeats successful 5 matches astatine Old Trafford arsenic Amorim followed legendary duo Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson arsenic lone the 3rd United manager ever to triumph his archetypal 3 large European games successful complaint of the club.

However, the Portuguese inactive wants his broadside to beryllium much objective aft they spurned galore aureate opportunities to marque the crippled harmless earlier the precocious drama, Alejandro Garnacho hitting the station and Maguire heading a Christian Eriksen free-kick wide arsenic Butland besides denied the likes of Amad Diallo and Manuel Ugarte.

"We did well,” Amorim said. “We played amended with the ball. I deliberation we started good and past we mislaid power of the crippled due to the fact that of immoderate atrocious decisions but the lads did well. We are truthful adjacent the 2nd extremity with truthful galore chances, it's truthful hard but they recover.

"We are not playing our champion but we regrouped from the past game. I cognize the hostile is different. It wasn't arsenic fast. You tin spot the connections. I deliberation we request to beryllium much objective successful the close moments due to the fact that that tin assistance america a lot."