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Luke Shaw was missing from Manchester United’s squad for the visit of Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday, with Ruben Amorim today revealing why.
The defender has suffered extensively through injury this season, briefly reappearing at the end of November before facing a setback.
Shaw did finally make his return last week, though, coming off the bench as Manchester United fell to a 4-1 defeat at Newcastle United.
And on Thursday, the defender appeared off the bench as Amorim’s team completed a dramatic last-minute comeback to defeat Lyon and progress into the Europa League semi-final.
However, Shaw was missing today as Manchester United took on Wolves at Old Trafford.
To the relief of fans of the Red Devils, though, Amorim has explained that there is nothing to worry about.
“I can give you the example of Luke Shaw. In my mind, he was playing 30 minutes [against Lyon],” the head coach told MUTV.
“But, because of the problems we had at half-time with Victor [Lindelof] and Nous [Mazraoui] and then extra-time, he did a very good job but a lot of minutes.
“He has to feel that load to rest now and then he will train for the next game.”
United narrowly lost the match 1-0, conceding a 77th-minute free kick from Pablo Sarabia.
The result saw Wolves join them on 38 points in the Premier League, but focus towards the end of the season will be firmly locked on the Europa League.
The first leg of the semi-final will take place at Athletic Bilbao’s Estadio de San Mamés in the north of Spain.
Amorim will be keen to have Shaw fit for both legs, with Bilbao creating extensively from their wide attackers.
United’s next fixture in the Premier League will be against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium next Sunday.
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