Juan Mata has spoken about that tackle on Salah

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“Everything possible seemed to happen to us,” Mata wrote in his personal blog. “If there is a game that no United players want to miss, it is when we play Liverpool, but you have to accept that injuries are a part of the sport.

“Luckily, I can’t remember having faced a similar situation in a game and that is after more than 12 years as a professional, it is the first time that a muscular injury has forced me off during a match.

“In reality, I have to be grateful, as it is an uncommon record for a football player, but this one came during a derby. It was a shame, and on top of that it wasn’t the only injury – Ander and Jesse both had to go off for the same reason.

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“It was incredible that all of this happened in just the first half. It wasn’t the dream start we’d imagined for such a big game, but the team competed well despite the injuries and we even had the better goalscoring chances.

“In terms of my own injury problem, I could feel something for a few minutes and I hope that I didn’t make it worse when racing to stop Salah on the counter-attack (I had to do it!).

Juan Mata with the last-ditch tackle on Salah. Yes, Juan Mata! #MUFC— Kris Voakes (@krisvoakes) February 24, 2019


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