Carlos Baleba went off injured in the win against Roma and the Man Utd midfielder is now set for a spell on the sidelines.
Carlos Baleba
Carlos Baleba went off injured in United's win against Roma
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Carlos Baleba is set to miss several weeks with a hamstring injury after he was forced off in Manchester United's comeback victory over Roma.
Baleba came off just after half-time in the thrilling win against the Serie A side, clutching his hamstring after a driving run into the penalty area.
He missed the start of the season with an ankle injury picked up in pre-season after his £70million move from Brighton and is now set for another spell on the sidelines.
Michael Carrick confirmed the 22-year-old won't be back in action directly after the international break, ruling him out of the Premier League fixtures against Aston Villa and Liverpool as well as the Champions League trip to Lisbon to face Sporting.
"Carlos, we don't know exactly, but it'll be a number of weeks," said Carrick. "It's definitely not this week, and it won't be any time over the international break. It'll be a little bit longer than that."
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Carrick was also coy on whether Patrick Dorgu could return to the matchday squad for the first time since September 20, having returned to training earlier this week after his own hamstring injury.
It is the second hamstring injury the Denmark international has picked up this calendar year, having missed three months after the January win at Arsenal in Carrick's second game in charge.
"Patrick's done a little bit of training this week," said Carrick. "As you've seen, he trained with us at the start of the week, very, very small. So we've got to be patient with Pat.
"He's had a good period of time now with a couple of hamstrings that we need to manage that and be patient with that over the next few weeks as well. But he's slowly getting back with us, so we'll have to see whether he can be involved at the weekend or not."