Psv Eindhoven 2-1 Manchester United

Shaw required oxygen while he was taken off on a stretcher after being hurt by a two-footed tackle from Hector Moreno tackle in PSV’s area in the 15th minute.

And after the match, the United boss was upset by events in his homeland. “When he came into the dressing room, he had an oxygen mask and was crying”.

The match looked to be heading United’s way and their close-season signing from PSV, Memphis Depay, reminded fans at the Philips Stadium of his prowess with a superb 41st-minute opener.

A miserable night for the Old Trafford club was compounded as England global Luke Shaw suffered a broken leg during the first half.

A Manchester United spokesperson said: “Luke underwent surgery for his injury last night and will remain in hospital in Eindhoven to continue his early recovery”.

Daley Blind admitted he and his United team-mates were shocked by the gruesome injury but said they should not use that as an excuse for the defeat, which put PSV joint top of Group B along with Wolfsburg, who beat CSKA Moscow 1-0. He was clearly in pain as he fell to the ground and there was a delay of about eight minutes as medical staff attended to him on the pitch.

However, Blind has been impressing alongside Chris Smalling so far this season, and Van Gaal may be equally unwilling to permanently break up his new centre-half partnership, with United conceding only three goals in their opening five Premier League games.

“He is one of UEFA’s very best officials but he missed a poor tackle here which also should have resulted in a penalty for United as well as the red card for Moreno”.

Despite a furious United onslaught in the second half, led by Young, PSV’s defensive formation held firm to open their account with maximum points. Depay has been saving his best displays for United for the Champions League, scoring twice against Bruges in the qualifying playoff.

After the restart, Luciano Narsingh headed in after drifting away from Shaw’s replacement Marcos Rojo in the box. A floated cross from the left by Maxime Lestienne went over the head of Rojo and was met by Narsinghe, who nodded in.

We kept fighting after going behind, fighting to create chances.

“The second goal, we were attacking and then we lose the ball in the first phase and they scored”.