Manchester United knocked Crystal Palace out of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday (Picture: Getty)
Manchester United have been handed a boost ahead of Saturday’s clash against Crystal Palace after Roy Hodgson confirmed the absence of two stars.
United knocked Palace out of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday with a 3-0 victory and host the south Londoners at Old Trafford again this weekend.
During the match, Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson – who joined the club from United this summer – was forced off with injury and Eagles boss Hodgson has now confirmed his No.1 choice will not be present for Saturday’s meeting.
Hodgson also revealed that Palace will be without Odsonne Edouard, who has registered four goals across his six Premier League games this term.
‘The initial scan [on Henderson] wasn’t very positive, I’m sorry to say,’ the Palace manager said on Friday.
‘He has another scan in a week’s time and maybe we’ll be lucky and that will show somewhat less damage than we saw in the first one, but it didn’t look like good news.
‘I don’t have any fears about [Odsonne Edouard] building on his good start or doing what he’s been doing when he gets back into the team.
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‘Unfortunately this game has come just a little bit too soon and we can’t take the risk of reactivating his slight muscle injury and make it worse.
‘That’s the decision that had to be taken. It’s a tough decision to take when you need players, but I wouldn’t have forgiven myself if we threw him into this game not 100 per cent ready.
‘Then find he’s missing for several weeks because the muscle injury, which at the moment is possible for us to handle, suddenly becomes one of those injuries which puts people on the sidelines for up to a month.’
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