Ruben Amorim reveals Man Utd must be ‘really careful’ over Christian Eriksen ‘heart situation’ as star misses Spurs loss
MANCHESTER UNITED boss Ruben Amorim has revealed that Christian Eriksen missed yesterday’s trip to Tottenham due to his “heart situation”.
The Danish midfielder, 33, suffered a cardiac arrest while playing at Euro 2020.
He subsequently made an amazing return to action after having an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) fitted.
After being unwell in the week, Eriksen was not available for Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at former club Spurs.
Speaking after the match, Amorim said of the situation: “I think Leny (Yoro) and Chris, they were sick. So they will recover.
“Of course Chris has the heart situation and we have to be really careful with that.
“It’s nothing about the heart! I’m just saying the heart rate has to be controlled because he has a fever.”
Eriksen and Yoro were two of several Man Utd stars to miss out, with Kobbie Mainoo also missing and Amad Diallo having been ruled out for the season.
The quartet joined long-term absentees Lisandro Martinez, Mason Mount and Luke Shaw in being sidelined – while Manuel Ugarte, Jonny Evans and Altay Bayindir were also missing.
Following his side’s defeat, which leaves them 15th in the Premier League, Amorim didn’t want to hide behind the injuries.
He said: “We still had a starting XI with first-team players. It’s no excuse. It’s not nice when you lose five players in one week, but that’s part of football, part of life.
“I believe you have to deserve fortune. At the moment, apparently we don’t deserve it. I don’t believe in fortune coming out of nowhere.”
With Tottenham having suffered with several injury issues of their own in recent months, and the likes of Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Dominic Solanke, Radu Dragusin and Richarlison still out, boss Ange Postecoglou had little pity for Man Utd.
He said: “If I check my office, I don’t have any sympathy cards from other managers, so that hasn’t happened. There’s definitely a few.
“I could see Ruben there, players out of position, kids on the bench. Well, welcome to my world. But that’s for one game. Now do that for two months.
“Do that for two months. Any club. Do that for two months. I thought Man United were good today, considering all that, and we had our days when we were good. We beat Liverpool in this spell.”
Man Utd used just one substitute yesterday, with 17-year-old striker Chido Obi-Martin replacing Casemiro very late on.
Amorim, 40, will hope to have Eriksen and Yoro back available as the Red Devils travel to in-form Everton this weekend.