Moreno, who broke his leg playing for Mexico against United manager Louis van Gaal’s Netherlands at the 2014 World Cup and sent a message of support to Shaw via Twitter, went unpunished.
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Memphis Depay, signed from PSV this summer, gave United the lead in the 41st minute of the Group B match by dribbling between two defenders and shooting through the goalkeeper’s legs.
Shaw had worked hard on his fitness, paying for a personal trainer to accompany him on holiday in Dubai, and had given United pace down the flank. It was also confirmed that he was in tears in the dressing room. Luciano Narsingh’s 57th-minute goal secured victory for the Dutch champions, who were the top seeds in the group but arguably the weakest team out of United, Wolfsburg and CSKA Moscow.
United said in an update on Wednesday that Shaw had surgery immediately after the match at the St. Anna Hospital in Geldrop and would remain in Eindhoven to continue his recovery.
Moreno was not penalised for the tackle, which happened in the PSV penalty area.
However, Blind has been impressing alongside Chris Smalling so far this season, and Van Gaal may be equally unwilling to permanently break up his new centre-half partnership, with United conceding only three goals in their opening five Premier League games. “It was a bad tackle with two legs”. Depay has been saving his best displays for United for the Champions League, scoring twice against Bruges in the qualifying playoff.
Manchester United’s Luke Shaw is likely to be out of action for six month due to injury.
The visitors largely dominated but it was the hosts who struck first in the second half, Luciano Narsingh heading a Maxime Lestienne cross.
Juan Mata passed up the best chance to level the game when he failed to control a ideal pass from Bastian Schweinsteiger just minutes after PSV had gone in front and, in truth, United rarely looked like restoring parity thereafter. “You have to be effective and PSV were very effective because they scored out of nothing”.
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Rojo replaced Shaw following his early withdrawal at the Philips Stadion, but it was Blind that played at left-back for the remainder of the game, suggesting Van Gaal does not see the Argentina worldwide as a viable long-term option on the left.
