Injury Update On Young & Jones

Louis van Gaal has provided more information on the injuries sustained by Phil Jones and Ashley Young in Manchester United's 2-1 win over Swansea on Saturday.

The duo were forced off during the second half of the game at Old Trafford, and were replaced by Paddy McNair and Matteo Darmian respectively, while Ander Herrera was also withdrawn late on.

Speaking after the game, van Gaal explained that Jones has suffered a recurrence of a recent ankle injury, while Young simply had cramp after featuring regularly during the busy festive period.

“Phil Jones is injured, and it's more or less the same injury as before," van Gaal said. "Ashley Young has played a lot of matches in a row, so he was stiff and had to be changed. It was not voluntary, I changed them because I need to change."

The Reds manager also clarified the reason behind Ander Herrera's late substitution, after the Spaniard came off with just minutes remaining in the game. He added: "With Herrera, it was because I wanted to waste time, as Swansea did all match."

United are still without Jesse Lingard (hamstring) and three players who have had surgery this season - Marcos Rojo (shoulder), Antonio Valencia (ankle) and Luke Shaw (broken leg).