Manchester United striker Rasmus Højlund will be ruled out for up to three weeks with a muscle injury that will keep him sidelined for the derby against Manchester City.
Højlund, who has scored in his last six games, could miss up to five games, starting with Fulham's visit to Old Trafford on Saturday.
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The 21-year-old is also unlikely to be available for the game against City at the Etihad Stadium on March 3.
At a press conference on Friday, coach Erik ten Hag said: “It's a small injury, two to three weeks.
“That's what happened, the risk of playing at high intensity and training. It's not a big injury, but now he has to wait two or three weeks.”
Højlund's injury is another blow for Ten Hag who are already without Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martínez, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Tyrell Malacia and Mason Mount.
It leaves United without a recognized striker and left-back as they try to get back into the Champions League race.
Ten Hag's team is sixth in the standings, five points behind fourth-placed Aston Villa.
“[Injuries] They are a problem, but other clubs have it and we have to solve it,” said Ten Hag.
“I feel like we can deal with it better, but it's a problem with the depth of the team.”
United confirmed this week that Sir Jim Ratciffe has completed his deal to become a minority owner.
The 71-year-old British billionaire has said his ambition is to return success to Old Trafford and Ten Hag has insisted those plans include keeping him as manager beyond the summer.
“We talk a lot,” Ten Hag said. “There are many conversations with him, with Dave Brailsford, about this club, about this team, about the structures.
“We are very aligned. It totally fits with the ambitions I have, the ambitions I had when I joined. I've been here for 19 months and I see that we are going in the right direction.
“We've had setbacks in the second season, but you see the team come in, develop, work hard on the training pitch, work hard during the games.”
