Mason Mount and Matthijs de Ligt injury updates from Michael Carrick | Football

Manchester United remain without Mason Mount, Matthis de Ligt and Patrick Dorgu as their injury problems persist.

The Red Devils look to proceed their superb run under Michael Carrick once they travel to tackle West Ham within the Premier League on Tuesday night.

The interim manager has won all 4 of his games in charge up to now and his in-form side will look to make it five on the spin against the relegation-threatened Hammers.

Dorgu stays sidelined until next month with a hamstring injury, but while Mount and De Ligt are much closer to returning, they usually are not expected to play this week.

The English midfielder has not played since coming on as a final sub against Manchester City on January 17, while the Dutch defender played his last game on November 30 as he recovers from a back injury.

Each are pushing for returns, however the trip to Everton on February 23 is looking just like the goal, for Mount at the very least.

‘Mason might be probably not for Tuesday, probably after, but definitely going into the Everton game, he’ll be back,’ said Carrick.

‘Matta, we’ll see how he develops over the, … the Everton game seems like a protracted time away in the mean time, so we’ll see how he develops, but he’s positive, he’s moving in the appropriate direction, but Mason’s a bit bit closer than him.’

Having beaten Manchester City, Arsenal, Fulham and Tottenham in his spell in charge up to now, Carrick’s men are favourites to down West Ham in east London.

Nonetheless, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side is in much-improved form, winning three of their last 4 games and climbing to inside three points of safety after a miserable first half of the campaign.

Carrick said of the team he made his skilled debut for: ‘I believe you’ve got to enter the sport understanding the situation of each teams.

‘We’ve tried to color our picture to the players in every game we’ve played up to now, and it’ll be the identical come Tuesday night. The kind of game, the texture of the sport, what sort of skills we’re going to need to try to draw on, , different games throw up various things.

‘And yeah, needless to say, teams towards the underside of the league are really fighting for things. Well, so are we, and we’ve got rather a lot to fight for, so that you wish to think that balances out in some ways, and it’s who can come out on top at the top of it.

‘But sure, we’re totally aware of what we’re going into on Tuesday night and the way difficult it’s going to be.’

Carrick says an enormous a part of his own job now could be to let the players enjoy their recent success without letting them get carried away or show any signs of complacency in matches.

‘You’ve got to enjoy the excitement of winning. You have got to,’ he said. ‘That’s what we’re in it for, so that you’ve got to administer the highs of it, and also you’ve got to enjoy it, the sensation of winning a game.

‘You possibly can’t sort of just be flatlined in any respect times. But actually, going into the following game, you’ve got to then regroup and prepare again for what’s next.

‘You certainly take the arrogance and the sensation from the games that you just’ve had, knowing you’ll be able to go into the following game with a bit bit more feel-good factor about it. But I suppose the massive challenge is knowing what’s got you there, and all of the exertions and the preparation, after which what it takes to win a game of football at this level.

‘It’s tough, so never assume that the following one’s just going to be alright. But you’ve still got to permit yourself to feel the little bits of waves of emotion with it, since it’s all a bit little bit boring and pointless when you didn’t.

‘Winning games is what we’re all striving for, ? The boys have been good with that, though, they’ve managed it very well, and had the high of the win, come back into training, and focused on the following one, and we’ve got to maintain that going.’

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