Man United’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan suffers injury ahead of City clashSeptember 1, 2016 - 16:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Manchester United will be anxiously awaiting news on the injury status of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who was subbed off in the first half of Armenia's friendly with Czech Republic, the Manchester Evening News reports. The attacking midfielder has a collision with Marek Sukhy, and was withdrawn as a result. United and Jose Mourinho will be hoping the substitution was a precaution ahead of Armenia's World Cup qualifier with Denmark at the weekend. Mkhitaryan made an impressive impact when he came on against Hull City, and Mourinho will be desperate to have him available for the Manchester derby on September 10. Marouane Fellaini is already a major doubt with a back injury. Mourinho has admitted to having concerns over the international break ahead of the meeting with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City at Old Trafford. He told MUTV: “We keep eight outfield players and Sam Johnstone as the goalkeeper. “We are going to lose the others and we don’t know the way they train, the way they recover, the life they are going to have with their national teams." Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |