Nemanja Matic injured: Man Utd midfielder absent for two to three weeks after ground injury

Nemanja Matic will not take part in the Premier League confrontation between Manchester United and Liverpool on Sunday and should miss several weeks of play due to injury.

The international midfielder from Serbia has been one of the pillars of United's midfielder this season under the orders of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his predecessor Jose Mourinho.

But United will face Liverpool with Scott McTominay in the middle of the park in place of Matic after the former Chelsea man injured his training on Saturday.

Although the exact nature of the injury was not revealed immediately, Matic should be away for two to three weeks because of the problem.

"We tried to prepare him for the match, but that was not the case," said manager Solskjaer about Matic's injury during a conversation with MUTV before the coup de send Sunday. "But we'll manage without him"

This means that he will miss the Premier League fixtures with Crystal Palace and Southampton in the next seven days, and will also be missing for the trip to Paris Saint-Germain for the second leg of the Champions League first leg match. United will follow 2-0 after the match. Old Trafford meeting.

Matic could also be out when United go to Arsenal on March 10, and could also be in doubt for the FA Cup quarter-final visit to the Wolves six days later.

With David de Gea, Matic has recorded the highest number of starts this season with 32, which means his absence will be felt deeply in the coming weeks.

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Since his signing in the summer of 2017, he has made 81 appearances for United during a transfer from Stamford Bridge in the amount of 35 million pounds sterling.

United plays in Sunday's 11th win in 13 games under Solskjaer, a 2-0 FA Cup win at Chelsea on Monday.

In addition to replacing Matic by McTominay, United is making another change while De Gea is coming back in goal in place of Sergio Romero's Cup specialist.