Man Utd handed injury nightmare as Leny Yoro limps off before Europa League final | OneFootball

Manchester United were handed a potential injury blow as defender Leny Yoro limped off their match against West Ham just days before the Europa League final.

Yoro, 19, has become an integral part of Ruben Amorim’s three-man defence that has defied its poor Premier League form to reach the Europa League final against Tottenham Hotspur on May 21.

But with just 10 days until the showpiece in Bilbao, United were dealt the nightmare scenario of suffering an injury in the Premier League clash with West Ham at Old Trafford.

Yoro looked to pick up the injury passing the ball back to United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, but the defender immediately knew that something was wrong as he pulled up.

And he looked devastated as he was immediately replaced, with Luke Shaw also taken off in a double change for Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof.

Yoro pulled his shirt over his head as he went straight down the tunnel, with Amorim shaking his head as the teenger went off to hand the United manager another headache.

“We hope it's nothing serious. We will assess the player but I think it is a small thing.” Amorim told Match of the Day.

Amorim also told Sky Sports: “He had that problem at the beginning of the season. We hope it's not too serious. I don't want to say too much but maybe it's not a big deal."

Amorim had previously said that he would not take any risks with United’s squad before the Europa League final and was prepared to lose more games in the Premier League if it helped their chances of beating Tottenham.

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Ruben Amorim at full-time (PA Wire)

And their embarrassing Premier League campaign continued as fellow strugglers West Ham celebrated a first top-flight win at Old Trafford since 2007.

Amorim's side came into Sunday's game buoyed by securing their place in the make-or-break Bilbao showpiece against Tottenham with Thursday's 4-1 victory against Athletic Bilbao, completing an impressive 7-1 semi-final triumph.

But United have failed to carry their European form onto the domestic front, with their worst-ever Premier League season continuing as Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen sealed West Ham a memorable 2-0 victory on the road.

The East Londoners ended an eight-game winless run by securing their first league victory at Old Trafford since Carlos Tevez struck 18 years ago.

The result in 2007 represented a blip for that season's champions, whereas this was United's 17th league loss and ninth at home, of a historically bad campaign for a side that have now gone seven top-flight matches with a win.

Graham Potter's Hammers usurped the Red Devils with the win, leaving Amorim's men a lowly 16th with two Premier League games to go either side of the Europa League final against 17th-placed Tottenham.