{"id":611116,"date":"2022-03-19T15:37:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=611116"},"modified":"2022-03-19T15:37:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T19:37:03","slug":"manchester-united-women-aoife-mannion-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/03\/19\/manchester-united-women-aoife-mannion-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Women Issue Aoife Mannion Injury Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/27\/signe-bruun-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Women<\/a> have issued an Aoife Mannion injury update. The 26-year-old defender has been absent for a few games now and the club have confirmed she has sustained an ACL injury.<\/p>\n<p>Mannion had become a mainstay in Marc Skinner&#8217;s side before the injury, earning herself some popularity amongst United supporters despite previously playing for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/02\/10\/chloe-kelly-manchester-city-women-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Aoife Mannion Injury Update: United Defender Sidelined<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wishing you a speedy recovery, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aoifemannion_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AoifeMannion_<\/a> \u2764<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUWomen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUWomen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtdWomen\/status\/1505227915184726017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Injuries No Help In Top Three Battle<\/h3>\n<p>Manchester United&#8217;s centre-back troubles got so bad in midweek that they were left with just one on Wednesday night when drawing 1-1 with West Ham United. Club captain Katie Zelem, usually a midfielder, filled in alongside natural central defender <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/27\/manchester-united-women-diane-caldwell\/\" target=\"_self\">Diane Caldwell<\/a>, who signed for the club in January.<\/p>\n<p>Millie Turner and Maria Thorisdottir were absent alongside Mannion. Even Hayley Ladd, who plays as a midfielder for United but has often been utilised as a centre-back on international duty with Wales was missing after she got injured during the last international break.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United say Mannion is &#8220;currently being supported by the club&#8217;s medical team who are working tirelessly on her rehabilitation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not helpful to a side, who currently hold the third and final <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/16\/chelsea-women-champions-league-wolfsburg\/\" target=\"_self\">Champions League<\/a> spot, under strong pressure from rivals City, who have regained their form.<\/p>\n<p>City are three points shy of United in the FA Women&#8217;s Super League and have a game in hand. United do have a six-goal advantage when it comes to goal difference but failure to close out what would have been a 1-0 win v West Ham United, conceding a late equaliser, will have been detrimental to their hopes. The Red Devils now likely have to be near perfect for the remainder of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Mannion Determined to Get Back<\/h3>\n<p>On the announcement of her ACL injury, Aoife Mannion told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/aoife-mannion-suffers-acl-injury-19-march-2022\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">manutd.com<\/a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m determined more than ever to return to the team. Thankfully, I had successful surgery a few weeks ago and am recovering well. I want to thank our fans for their continued support and can&#8217;t wait to pull on the red shirt again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mannion has been a good fit at United, who play most of their home games at Leigh Sports Village. She has been a regular since joining up with head coach Marc Skinner, who she previously worked with at Birmingham City, in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>This is Skinner&#8217;s first season in charge of United and the target of achieving Champions League football has been clear since day one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"GZnV8--IRoZuPpI3IrRLtw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1353889383\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'GZnV8--IRoZuPpI3IrRLtw',sig:'CvMNC2K0XbCUtbLvKxrIOK36azihE3yXFoptP35VfsM=',w:'594px',h:'400px',items:'1353889383',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United Women have issued an Aoife Mannion injury update. The 26-year-old defender has been absent for a few games now and the club have confirmed she has sustained an ACL injury. Mannion had become a mainstay in Marc Skinner&#8217;s side before the injury, earning herself some popularity amongst United supporters despite previously playing for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":611118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1830,18],"tags":[4294,2076],"class_list":["post-611116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-injuries","category-manchester-united","tag-aoife-mannion","tag-manchester-united-women"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}