initial news over injuries to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and
Marcos Rojo was "fairly negative".
Ibrahimovic and Rojo suffered knee problems as
United edged into the Europa League semi-finals
with a 2-1 extra-time win at home to Anderlecht.
But the 3-2 aggregate success came at a price,
with Ibrahimovic and Rojo both seemingly set for
extended spells on the sideline after being taken
off.
"I don't think they are easy injuries but I prefer to
wait until all the tests are done and then speak. I
can't do that because I am a manager not a
doctor," Mourinho told BT Sport.
"But the news is fairly negative I think."
Henrikh Mkhitaryan again opened the scoring for
United, as he did in Belgium, but his goal was
cancelled out by Sofiane Hanni.
It took until the 107th minute for the hosts to
secure their win through Marcus Rashford, who had
been goalless in the Premier League since
September before netting in back-to-back games
earlier this month.
That feeling when you send your club into
the #UEL semi-finals! pic.twitter.com/
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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April
20, 2017
"You speak about his qualities and they are
fantastic. But mentally he is excellent," Mourinho
said.
"He hadn't scored since September, some players
don't understand what I want but Marcus I trust.
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't score - he is
fantastic in his effort and attitude."
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