Manchester United · Decision pending · Archive · GW4

Shaw: caution, not a clean bill of health

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The manager’s words

“He wasn’t quite ready for it 100%, so we didn’t risk it.”

Carrick explained Shaw’s Thursday absence and left a further assessment before the derby.

This was a fitness precaution. Calling it routine rest would erase the uncertainty.

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