Manchester United striker Robin van Persie will be out for a month with a thigh injury.
Boss David Moyes confirmed van Persie suffered the injury when he took the corner which led to Phil Jones' goal in the 1-0 Champions League victory over Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.
"Robin Van Persie is out for a month," said Moyes, who has a number of injury problems going into this weekend's game with Aston Villa.
"It is unfortunate because I think if you look at our record with Wayne Rooney and Robin in the team it is actually very good and we have not had them for quite a period recently," Moyes added.
"Marouane Fellaini has a bit of a back injury. Michael Carrick is missing and Robin is going to miss four weeks with a thigh strain. That is a big blow to us."
Boss David Moyes confirmed van Persie suffered the injury when he took the corner which led to Phil Jones' goal in the 1-0 Champions League victory over Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday.
"Robin Van Persie is out for a month," said Moyes, who has a number of injury problems going into this weekend's game with Aston Villa.
"It is unfortunate because I think if you look at our record with Wayne Rooney and Robin in the team it is actually very good and we have not had them for quite a period recently," Moyes added.
"Marouane Fellaini has a bit of a back injury. Michael Carrick is missing and Robin is going to miss four weeks with a thigh strain. That is a big blow to us."
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