Matheus Cunha’s Week 3 was done early, as the Manchester United star suffered an injury early in Saturday’s Premier League match with Burnley at Old Trafford.
Cunha missed the Manchester derby in Week 4 but is back in contention for Saturday’s 12:30pm ET kickoff with Chelsea at Old Trafford.
So what happened? The Red Devils led 1-0 and Cunha was a lively part of their control when the apparent muscular injury occurred near the half-hour mark.
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Cunha pulled up while running and immediately went to the turf, where trainers arrived and there seemed little doubt his day was over in the first half.
The 26-year-old Brazilian had been credited with a created chance and a shot on target in his 31 minutes of action.
Joshua Zirzkee, not Benjamin Sesko, took Cunha’s place on the pitch.
Matheus Cunha injury update — Ruben Amorim speaks
Matheus Cunha has been very durable during his Premier League career, only once missing a stretch of time due to an injury (another time, a red card cost him four games).
In fact, Ruben Amorim says Cunha wanted to play in the derby only to join Mason Mount and Diogo Dalot on the sidelines.
On Friday prior to the Week 5 game with Chelsea at Old Trafford, Amorim said that both Cunha and Mason Mount will be available to face the Blues. Diogo Dalot is still out.
Cunha missed a month-and-a-half for Wolves with a hamstring injury late in the 2023-24 season. He dealt with a knee injury that cost him a similar period of time on the sidelines with Atletico Madrid early in the 2022-23 season.
After the game, Amorim said that he did not have an update on Cunha nor Mason Mount, who left the game at halftime, but said he was “so, so concerned” about losing either player for any period of time.”
