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Baleba Hamstring Blow After United Comeback

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Manchester United came from 2-0 down to beat Roma 3-2 in the Champions League on Nov. 3, 2026. Carlos Baleba, the £70m summer signing from Brighton, was forced off in the 51st minute with a hamstring injury after a driving run into the box; he had only made his competitive debut on Oct. 10 because of an ankle injury.

The injury is a fresh setback for a player who had only recently regained fitness, and it comes as Michael Carrick is under pressure after a nine-match winless run. United's comeback win eased pressure, but losing Baleba could create a midfield gap with Aston Villa up next.

Carlos Baleba was forced off in the 51st minute of Manchester United's 3-2 Champions League win over Roma with a hamstring injury; Michael Carrick said the injury “doesn't look great” and will be assessed in the coming days.

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Carlos Baleba was forced off in the 51st minute of Manchester United's 3-2 Champions League win over Roma with a hamstring injury; Michael Carrick said the injury “doesn't look great” and will be assessed in the coming days.

🚨⚠️ Carlos Baleba’s injury “does not look great”, says Michael Carrick. “It's his hamstring, we have to assess what that looks like”. https://t.co/SJV61GOwkf

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South Carolina's last Democratic U.S. Senator was Fritz Hollings, who held office until 2005. Lenny Moore was NFL Rookie of the Year in 1956 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975, 51 years ago. The post's implication that South Carolina hasn't had a Democratic senator since Moore's rookie season is false.

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What the hosts said

LUnited came back from two down. Now Baleba's hurt again.
MBaleba? He just got back from an ankle injury.
LFabrizio Romano posted on X. Carrick said the hamstring "does not look great."
MThat's the last phrase United fans wanted tonight.
LHold on. They won three-two. The comeback happened.
MSure. And they lost their midfield engine in the fifty-first minute.
LHe made a driving run into the box when it happened. That's not soft.
MI never said soft. I said the timing is brutal.
LSo you wanted Carrick to sit him in a must-win game?
MI wanted United not to be in a must-win game in November.
LRight, because a nine-match winless run is just bad luck.
MNow you're on my side. The team has been a mess.
LBut tonight they showed fight. That's the headline.
MThe headline is a seventy million signing with two leg injuries before Christmas.
LA hamstring isn't the same as the ankle. It happens everywhere.
MI'd argue it happens more with no match rhythm after a month out.
LThat's exactly why it happened. Not a long-term verdict.
MAlan Shearer said "that doesn't look good at all" on commentary.
LShearer says that about a bad throw-in. He's not a doctor.
MCome on. The manager practically ruled him out for a while.
L"We have to assess" is not ruled out. You're inventing eight weeks.
MWith United's luck, it'll be grade two and he misses Villa.
LIf it's grade two, yes, that's a problem. But you don't know tonight.
MI know they paid seventy million for a guy who barely plays.
LAnd tonight they proved they can win without him. That's a fact.
MAgainst Roma, who folded. Villa won't fold.
LMaybe not. But the win counts. Carrick keeps his job.
MYou think his job was actually on the line?
LNine matches without a win. Of course it was on the line.
MIt delays the conversation. Baleba brings it right back.
LI'll give you that. But it's better than what they had yesterday.
MGrudgingly, fine. The comeback was real.
LNow from a United midfielder to a Raiders legend — Christian Bale is playing Al Davis.
MHold on. Batman is Al Davis?
LSportsCenter posted the clip on X. He quoted the motto: "Once a Raider always a Raider."
MI don't see it. Bale does intense, not chain-smoking genius.
LThat's exactly why it works. Davis was the most intense owner ever.
MAl Davis hired the first Black head coach, moved teams, sued the league.
LAnd Bale has the range to show that without making him a cartoon.
MMy fear: the movie's called "Madden," and Davis becomes a sideshow.
LOr he becomes the reason Madden has to fight. That's the film.
MIf Bale does that Batman growl, I'm leaving the theater.
LHe already said the motto like a Raider. That's commitment.
MFine. I'll wait for the trailer before I bury it.
LBut you admit he can look the part?
MHe can look any part. I just hope the script doesn't make it a soap opera.
LI'll take the over on Bale being the best part of the movie.
MOf course you would. You love chaos.
LHere's one that'll start a fight — a Bluesky post used Lenny Moore wrong.
MJohn Byrne said South Carolina hasn't had a Democratic senator since Moore was a rookie.
LThat can't be right. That would be nearly seventy years.
MIt's false. Fritz Hollings was a Democratic senator until 2005.
LSo South Carolina had one this century, and the post ignored him.
MRight. And Moore's Hall of Fame induction was 51 years ago, not his rookie year.
LRookie of the Year was 1956. The timeline is decades off.
MHe mashed two real milestones into a fake political gap.
LI get the joke, but dragging Lenny Moore into politics demands accuracy.
MThat's all I ask. Moore was a Hall of Famer, not a prop.
LAnd South Carolina politics is messy enough without bad sports trivia.
MExactly. We'll be here all night fact-checking.

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