Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is hopeful Marcus Rashford will make a speedy recovery from the back injury he suffered during Manchester United’s 1-0 victory over Wolves which saw them progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Rashford has been struggling with a back problem since United’s clash with Manchester City last week and started among the substitutes on Wednesday night before replacing Mason Greenwood midway through the second half.
Juan Mata scored the only goal of the game shortly after the substitution, but the sight of Rashford wincing his way off the pitch cast a shadow over the tie for the Red Devils.
The United forward went down after a collision with Wolves defender Matt Doherty and appeared in some discomfort as referee Kevin Friend briefly paused the game.
Though Rashford initially tried to play through the pain, he soon indicted to United coaching staff that he could no longer continue before Jesse Lingard came on in his place.
It’s not the first time Rashford has complained of back pain this season and he forced off with a similar problem in the second half of United’s 4-0 win over Norwich last weekend.
United travel to Anfield to face Premier League leaders and bitter rivals Liverpool on Sunday afternoon and Solskjaer will be sweating over Rashford’s fitness ahead of the clash.
Asked about Rashford’s injury following United’s win, Solskjaer told BT Sport: ‘Yeah that backfired but you’ve got to go for them once in a while.
‘But it seems like he’s got a knock there and he couldn’t run.
‘Let’s test him over the next couple of days. Hopefully he’ll be okay for Sunday, I don’t know.’
‘He’s struggled a little bit with a couple of knocks with his back lately and he got another one which didn’t help.’
On Rashford’s injury, United’s goalscorer Mata said: ‘Hopefully it’s not too bad and he can be ready because he’s on fire, scoring every game.
‘It was a shame that he couldn’t be on the pitch for more minutes but hopefully it’s nothing.’
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