Saturday 13 February 2016 16:49, UK
Manchester United full-back Matteo Darmian is facing a spell on the sidelines after dislocating his left shoulder during Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Sunderland.
The Italy international, 26, collided with Wahbi Khazri by the right-hand corner and landed awkwardly in the 37th minute and had to be replaced by Donald Love, who came on to make his debut.
"Unfortunately, Darmian is a dislocation and he's out for several weeks," United boss Louis van Gaal said.
"We don't have any more full-backs."
Darmian joins fellow specialist full-backs Luke Shaw and Guillermo Varela on the sidelines, while Antonio Valencia, Marcos Rojo, Ashley Young and Phil Jones, who can all play at full-back, are also currently injured.
Daley Blind and Chris Smalling, who have played at full-back, are being used at centre-back.
Darmian joined United from Torino last year in a transfer reported to be worth £12.7m and has been a regular under Van Gaal this season.
News of the severity of Darmian's injury capped a bad day for United, who failed to close the gap on the sides occupying the Champions League top-four qualification spots.
One bright spark for United was the sight of 21-year-old Love looking assured at the back making his first senior appearance from the bench.
It was reward for an impressive campaign so far for the U21s team with Love having been at United since the age of eight.
The Scotland U21 international had been on loan for Wigan from October but looks set for a continued run at United considering their injury crisis at the back.
