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Seven things you may have missed at the weekend

by
Naga Bethu
Monday 09 October 2017 09:56

We appreciate it is tough to keep up with events surrounding our great club, Manchester United, which is why Your Monday Briefing is here to provide a round-up of the weekend...

INJURY FOR FELLAINI
The main headline for Reds supporters is perhaps the injury sustained by in-form midfielder Marouane Fellaini, who was taken off with what appeared to be a knee injury after just 29 minutes of Belgium’s 4-3 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. His national team boss Roberto Martinez said later: “We're worried about him. We fear there's ligament damage.” Romelu Lukaku also missed that game with an injury, although his problem is not thought to be serious. 

As you might expect, given his excellent for in recent weeks, news of Fellaini's injury did not go down well with fans on Twitter...

MATIC AND MICKI SCORE
No fewer than 10 first-team players were in FIFA World Cup qualifying action over the weekend and two of them – Nemanja Matic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan – scored for their respective countries. Notably, Victor Lindelof was also involved in Sweden’s impressively one-sided 8-0 win over Luxembourg.
Nemanja Matic was on the scoresheet for Serbia as part of a busy weekend of international action

WORLD CUP GOAL FOR GOMES
Academy prospect Angel Gomes is currently away captaining England’s Under-17s team at the World Cup in India. In the Three Lions' opening game of the tournament, he scored the final goal of a 4-0 win over Chile with a stunning free-kick in the 81st minute. Check it out below…

EDWARDS’ TOP FIVE SIGNINGS
Former United chairman Martin Edwards is on the promotional trail after writing and releasing an autobiography called Red Glory, which is available to buy at the Old Trafford Megastore. In an exclusive interview with MUTV’s Stewart Gardner that we published on Saturday, he lists his top five signings as Eric Cantona, Peter Schmeichel, Denis Irwin, Bryan Robson and Roy Keane.
Edwards has named Cantona, Schmeichel, Irwin, Robson and Keane as his five best signings

THE FIVE WHO GOT AWAY
While chatting to us, Edwards also highlighted a small group of big-name players who could have become United players during his time in charge. They included Zinedine Zidane, Paul Gascoigne, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and John Barnes. 

LEEDS RHINOS WIN AT OT
The annual Betfred Super League Grand Final was held at Old Trafford on Saturday and Leeds Rhinos were triumphant with a 24-6 win over Castleford. Victorious head coach Brian McDermott told BBC Radio Leeds: "I am proud and excited and pumped - I can't really believe what we've just done!" 

Leeds Rhinos won the annual Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford on Saturday evening

CROLLA WINS AT THE ARENA
Congratulations to boxer and Old Trafford season-ticket holder Anthony Crolla after his unanimous points victory over Scottish opponent Ricky Burns. The lifelong Red was cheered on by thousands of United fans at the Manchester Arena and on Twitter, as well as Michael Carrick at ringside. 

Manchester boxer Anthony Crolla was cheered on by Michael Carrick as he defeated Ricky Burns

COUNTDOWN TO ANFIELD
Although the international break is ongoing, we're already counting down to United's Premier League return against historic rivals Liverpool on Saturday afternoon. Keep an eye on United Now and ManUtd.com all week for build-up content ahead of the trip to Merseyside.

 

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