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Lukaku injury's a cause for Cup final concern

ManUtd.com reporter Adam Marshall at Old Trafford.
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Adam Marshall
Sunday 29 April 2018 19:55

Romelu Lukaku was forced to limp out of Manchester United's Premier League clash with Arsenal, and Jose Mourinho admits it's too early to know if the Belgian striker could miss the Emirates FA Cup final.

The Reds' leading scorer was hurt by a challenge from Konstantinos Mavropanos, soon after the restart at Old Trafford, as Paul Pogba and Marouane Fellaini earned victory, despite a goal by former midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Although in clear pain, Lukaku did manage to get to his feet in order to be helped to the touchline, with Marcus Rashford coming off the bench to replace him.
With the Wembley final against one of Lukaku's former clubs, Chelsea, on the horizon, there will be an anxious wait for an assessment of any damage.

"I don't know if he is going to be out," said his manager, Mourinho, when asked about the situation. "He wants to play all the time. He is never tired and, when he has small things, he doesn't care. He still wants to go.

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Fellaini's injury-time winner sends Arsene Wenger home empty-handed in his 60th and final game against the Reds.

"So, for him to say immediately, to change him, it is because he couldn't play. But there are three more weeks until the final, so let's see. I know it was on his foot but I don't know more yet.

"I don't think it's something, or I hope it's not, that in this moment keeps him immediately out of a game that is in three weeks' time. But I don't know. I never, when I finish a game and a player is injured, immediately go for good or bad news. I wait a bit more."

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