Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was concerned with both of his left-backs out injured following the 2-2 draw against Southampton.
“Luke twisted his ankle,” Solskjaer said at the post-match press conference. “Hopefully, we can have some good news on him after we’ve done a scan.
Talking about Williams’ injury, the head coach replied, “I can’t say, I’ve not seen Brandon because he was with the medical staff and I think he was getting some stitches with a gash over his eye. So let’s see how he is.”
United finished the game with 10 men on the pitch when Williams had to be withdrawn. According to substitute rules, Solskjaer could not use a replacement since he had taken players off earlier. That resulted in Southampton equalizing late into the fixture.
“I don’t know if you want to look into those rules,” he said. “Obviously, it was a bad cut and Brandon couldn’t see out of his eye. [The referee] stopped the game when the Southampton centre-back got a calf injury, I didn’t understand that one early in the second half. I don’t know, it is what it is, we didn’t have too many minutes to see it out with 10 men and we should have done better.”
If both players are ruled out by Thursday, Solskjaer will be forced to switch up his team. Diogo Dalot is the most likely to get a run at the position.
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