Jose Mourinho fears Eric Bailly faces a prolonged spell on the sidelines after suffering a knee injury during Manchester United’s 4-0 defeat at Chelsea.
It was a miserable return to Stamford Bridge for Mourinho in the ex-Chelsea boss’ first match against his former club since taking over as United manager.
And he is braced for bad news on defender Bailly, who went off injured during the game.
“He is injured and I’m afraid badly injured. He felt it in the knee ligament area and he fears it is bad,” Mourinho said.
United faced an uphill task against the Blues after an extraordinary defensive error led to Pedro scoring after just 30 seconds.
Chris Smalling failed to deal with Marcos Alonso’s routine ball forward and Pedro drifted between the England defender and Daley Blind.
“I am not unhappy with the performance, I am unhappy with the mistakes,” Mourinho said.
“We made an incredible defensive mistake – incredible with capitals – in the first minute and then the game is very difficult.
“Good control, good football, good positions, dangerous positions and chances, but we had to chase the result in a situation in which Chelsea were comfortable.
“We gave them the game they wanted. They wanted to counter-attack.”
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