Ruud van Nistelrooy provides Amad Diallo injury update after securing Man Utd win

Ruud van Nistelrooy is hopeful Amad Diallo volition beryllium acceptable for his last crippled successful complaint arsenic interim Manchester United brag aft the winger was forced disconnected injured against PAOK.

United laboured successful an uninspiring first-half against the Greek champions successful the Europa League connected Thursday nighttime with Amad their lone agleam spark successful that period.

The Ivory Coast planetary bagged a second-half brace to assistance his broadside unafraid their archetypal European triumph this season, archetypal latching onto Bruno Fernandes’ transverse with a looping header to find the acold corner.

His 2nd was a extremity each of his ain doing, brilliantly winning the shot and shrugging disconnected his antheral earlier curling a good effort into the country via the assistance of a flimsy deflection.

There was interest erstwhile Amad was forced disconnected aft 81 minutes, going down and clutching his ft arsenic United’s aesculapian unit tended to him.

Mason Mount came onto regenerate him but successful encouraging signs, Amad returned to the transportation bare ft astatine full-time, applauding the fans and conducting an on-pitch interrogation with TNT Sports.

Amad volition acquisition further appraisal earlier the sojourn of Leicester City connected Sunday but van Nistelrooy is hopeful his young prima volition beryllium acceptable to play again this weekend.

‘He had to travel off, unfortunately,’ van Nistelrooy said successful his post-match property conference. ‘He’s being assessed present and I anticipation helium volition beryllium disposable for Sunday but we person to hold and see.’

Amad was successful bully spirits aft the game, praising the interaction van Nistelrooy has had connected him having his mislaid his spot successful the broadside during Erik 10 Hag’s last weeks successful charge.

‘He’s a large character, a hard worker, helium shows it successful each grooming session,’ Van Nistelrooy said. ‘So that cognition and besides other work. Every time aft grooming helium comes to maine and helium wants to bash other finishing, other crossing, other one-vs-ones, other however tin I amended my shot, however tin I amended my heading, etc. etc. etc.

‘He’s perpetually focused connected learning, getting better, surviving a precise nonrecreational mode truthful he’s precise motivated to get the maximum retired of his career. After truthful galore games helium didn’t commencement but helium had a large show today, truthful precise pleased for him.

‘I deliberation the 2nd extremity had everything successful it. That for maine is Amad Diallo. He fought to instrumentality the shot disconnected the PAOK defender and past helium pushed done to get the changeable and successful the extremity helium had the prime to crook it astir the goalkeeper. So that sums him up.’

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