Wrexham striker Paul Mullin has given an replace to followers from his hospital mattress after the prolific striker suffered a punctured lung towards Manchester United. The Reds Dragons took on Erik ten Hag's facet on the Snapdragon Stadium in what was the third leg of their US pre-season tour.

With United naming a workforce that largely comprised of under-21 gamers, Wrexham ran out 3-1 winners, due to targets from Elliot Lee, Aaron Hayden and Sam Dalby, with 19-year-old Marc Jurado scoring the Red Devils' comfort.

But the sport's first flashpoint arrived early within the first half when Mullin, who scored 46 targets in all competitions for Wrexham final season, was clattered by United goalkeeper Nathan Bishop, who acquired a yellow card following the incident.

Mullin acquired prolonged on-field remedy earlier than he was capable of stroll off the pitch with an oxygen masks. He was then taken straight to hospital.

The 28-year-old has since taken to social media to reassure supporters about his welfare. Posting {a photograph} of himself sporting an oxygen masks in his hospital mattress along with his thumb up, Mullin wrote on Instagram: "Thank you for all your messages. All good here!"

The consequence of the intense damage is that Mullin will now miss the beginning of Wrexham's League Two season subsequent month.

United's 23-year-old goalkeeper Bishop despatched an apology to Mullin by way of Twitter. He wrote: "Just wanted to share my sincerest apologies to Paul Mullin. A complete misjudgement and a genuine accident with no malicious intent at all! Wishing you the speediest recovery and hope to see you back scoring goals as soon as possible!"

However, Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson was left fuming after the match and despatched a warning to the United keeper, urging him to steer clear.

Parkinson mentioned: "It is a real blow for us, you can't hide away from that. I thought it was a clumsy challenge from the goalkeeper and it should have been a straight red.

"It was a harmful problem and Mulls is our talisman. I'm fuming with it, I've to be trustworthy about that. It was a careless, reckless problem in a pre-season recreation. I have never seen the goalie and he is most likely finest steering away from us in the interim as a result of we're not very joyful."

Wrexham's movie star co-owner Rob McElhenney was in attendance to witness the match, however Ryan Reynolds was unable to attend as he continues filming of the most recent Deadpool film in England.

The Red Dragons will finalise their US tour with a match towards Philadelphia Union II on Friday.