United skipper Roy Keane is determined not to rush back too
quickly from his latest injury blow.
The controversial Irishman missed last night's Worthington Cup
draw with Blackburn after limping out of the 4-1 win over
Portsmouth at the weekend with a tight hamstring.
It was only Keane's fifth game back after spending four months
on the sidelines following hip surgery, but he is playing down
the extent of the injury. He said: "It's just a bit of a
hamstring strain."
After watching his side struggle without their inspirational
leader, manager Sir Alex Ferguson has suggested Keane may be fit
for the trip to West Brom on Saturday.
However, the 31-year-old is not willing to put a time-scale on
his recovery, although he does not believe the problem will be
long term.
"I felt it after about half an hour of the Portsmouth game and I
thought at half-time that I didn't want to make it any worse. It
didn't feel right so I came off.
"It's still a bit sore now so we'll just have to wait and see
how it goes," he told the club's official website,
www.manutd.com
"I've had hamstring strains in the past and you think you're
better and come back too early, then you end off worse than you
were at the start so I just have to be careful.
"The key word at the moment is patience over the next few days
and we'll see what happens. It's frustrating." |
