Manchester United injury update: Luke Shaw, Carlos Baleba, Matthijs de Ligt latest news and return dates

Manchester United injury latest: Luke Shaw, Carlos Baleba and Matthijs de Ligt London Standard Tashan Deniran-Alleyne 1 minute ago COMMENTS Manchester United do not have much time to dwell on their controversial defeat to rivals Manchester City, as they are in Carabao Cup action this week.

The spoils in the 199th Manchester derby went the way of the visitors at the weekend, though referee governing body Pro Ref have since admitted an 'error of judgement' in awarding Erling Haaland’ goal .

That is unlikely to improve Michael Carrick’s mood as Man United have now picked up just four points from a possible 12 at the start of the Premier League seaso n, sitting in the bottom half of the table.

However, the Man Utd head coach has said his side have “got to get back to winning football matches” and the first opportunity to respond to the Man City defeat comes on Wednesday night when they host Brighton in the Carabao Cup third round.

United were beaten by Brighton in an FA Cup meeting at the start of the year, so revenge could be in the air at Old Trafford but a debut for Carlos Baleba against his former club has been all but ruled out.

With that in mind, here is the latest Manchester United injury news and return dates…

After starting every Premier League game last season, Luke Shaw’s hot streak was ended on Sunday as he missed the Manchester derby with a knock sustained in the 2-2 draw against Everton on September 6 .

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The left-back also sat out the Champions League win over Sabah, but his issue isn’t thought to be serious and a return to action is possible before the international break.

"Close, very close, just not quite there,” Carrick told Sky Sports in an update before the Man City defeat. "It's very small but unfortunately not for today.”

Potential return date: September 16 vs Brighton (h) or September 20 vs Fulham (a)

Baleba has yet to feature for United since that £70m switch from Brighton, having arrived carrying an ankle ligament injury that he suffered during the Seagulls’ pre-season friendly against Strasbourg at the start of August.

The Cameroon midfielder was expected to miss the first few weeks of the campaign, with Carrick previously stating that he hoped he would be in a position to make his debut before the international break.

“He's got a little ankle issue,” Carrick said of Baleba. “So, maybe a couple of weeks or so, maybe three weeks, we'll see. But we knew that before, so it's no major issue.