Shaw's Knee Injury Not Serious
Luke Shaw's injury will not prevent him from linking up with the England Under-21 squad ahead of the European Championship play-offs with Croatia.
The left-back was withdrawn during Manchester United's 2-1 success against Everton but is hoping to shrug off the knock in order to represent Gareth Southgate's side next week as he regains peak fitness following the hamstring problem that delayed the start of his competitive career with the Reds.
"It's not a bad injury, it's a dead leg on my knee," he explained. "I felt it in the first 20 minutes when I got caught but it carried on during the game so I thought it was probably best to come off before it gets any worse.
"I spoke with the doctor and obviously the manager as well and both feel it's best that I do go [with the England Under-21s] as it's not an injury that is going to keep me out. Hopefully, I should be training in the next couple of days and can get another two games of 90 minutes each.
"As I said, I've been talking to the manager and we've spoken about it and think it's a great idea for me to go to help out with the Under-21s and get some game-time as well."
Shaw was upset to concede a penalty during Sunday's success at Old Trafford after his tackle on Tony Hibbert was penalised by referee Kevin Friend. Thankfully, David De Gea guessed right to save Leighton Baines' spot-kick.
"It was a great win," he continued. "I'm not going to say the penalty was a bad decision but it was one I did not feel was right. I thought I touched the ball and, if you look at the replay, I think you can see I do touch the ball.
"I'm devastated it was a penalty but all thanks to David De Gea. I did Tweet straight afterwards to thank him! He was world-class today and made us get the three points.
"It was a good game overall but, at times, we need to keep possession more as we've been giving it away too cheaply and it's costing goals from that. We know we can do much better than today. The main thing, overall, is the three points."
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