Manchester United's David de Gea injures knee in Europa League warm-up v FC Midtjylland By Lyall Thomas
Last Updated: 18/02/16 11:02pm
David de Gea picked up a knee injury during Manchester United's warm-up ahead of their Europa defeat to FC Midtjylland on Thursday. The Spain goalkeeper appeared landed awkwardly as he made a routine save in the on-field pre-match preparations and was forced to retire to the away dressing room for treatment. Despite efforts from the United physio team, De Gea failed to recover in time for the start of the match and was replaced by Sergio Romero in Louis van Gaal's starting line-up. And Van Gaal said after a 2-1 loss: "It happened in the warm-up and we didn't know that, so we will have to wait and see the scan tomorrow.
"Then maybe we can say more but it was a big surprise."
United were unable to name a goalkeeper among their substitutes after taking just De Gea and Romero across the North Sea.
United recently loaned goalkeepers, Victor Valdes and Sam Johnstone, to Standard Liege and Preston respectively.
The latter is likely to be recalled in order to provide cover for Romero, if De Gea fails to recover in time for Monday's game.
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