Jose Mourinho explains the absence of Romelu Lukaku after the attack on his Manchester United striker



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Manchester United will be without Romelu Lukaku for Saturday's clash with Bournemouth.

The Belgian international striker has fallen to the substitutes' bench for the 2-1 win last weekend at the former Everton club at Old Trafford.

But Lukaku is not even part of the United team for the Dean Court meeting.

United No. 9 did not travel with the rest of the team on Friday, while she had flown south after suffering an unspecified injury to the United States. Friday morning training.

Lukaku had a muscle problem and it was decided not to risk him, Juventus on the horizon.



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"In training yesterday, after the press conference, he felt that something had to be studied in the coming days," said Jose Mourinho.

"So Lukaku did not come and we decided to start with Alexis."



Jose Mourinho on the south coast

Lukaku is suffering from a drought of goals since the opening of the season with four goals in his first five games.

Despite 25 years of regular scoring for his country, there are still nine scoreless matches for the Mourinho team, even though he played the 90 minutes in each of those games, except one.

With low confidence, he was pulled out of the Toffees squad, but had been vying against the Cherries.

However, after discovering a problem on Friday, it was agreed with medical staff that he would not travel and that he would miss the match today.

Anthony Martial and Alexis Sanchez lead United's attack. Marcus Rashford sank in front of the bench after starting the last five games of United, but without scoring.

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