Hector Moreno: I feel sorry for Luke Shaw but it was not a red card offence

Incident: Luke Shaw receives oxygen after suffering double fracture
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Richard Parry16 September 2015

Hector Moreno has apologised to Luke Shaw for breaking his leg but does not think he should have been penalised for the tackle.

The defender spent last night in an Eindhoven hospital after suffering a double fracture of his right leg in Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat by PSV.

Moreno was not even shown a yellow card for the 15th-minute tackle but he said: “I feel really sorry. I just feel really bad because I was involved in the accident.” Moreno slid in from behind on Shaw with both feet, trapping the 20-year-old’s right foot, which bent at an awful angle.

Shaw left the field in tears and will be out for at least six months but Moreno, 27, insisted he had not even committed a foul.

“I think not,” he said. “I think I played the ball but in this kind of situation I don’t care if it was a foul, I feel bad for him, and for his family.

“I don’t know how bad it is but I had a situation myself like that during the World Cup and it’s bad. It’s difficult to say what happened. Now I just hope he will be back as soon as possible.”

Shaw underwent surgery in Eindhoven last night and Manchester United have confirmed the left back will remain in the Netherlands for the ‘early stages of his recovery’.

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