An official Newcastle United injury update followed Monday night’s defeat at St James’ Park.
To add insult to injury, as well as United’s ten men cruelly denied a point, Eddie Howe also seeing a number of players forced off the pitch.
Anthony Gordon red carded for a daft challenge on Virgil van Dijk that will see him miss the next three Premier League matches against Leeds, Wolves and Bournemouth.
Whilst concussion protocols mean that Fabian Schar will miss Leeds on Saturday but should hopefully be ok for Wolves at home two weeks on Saturday.
On top of those though, injury forcing two other players off as well, Eddie Howe saying the following on Monday night:
Eddie Howe on Sandro Tonali who was forced off on 66 minutes when trying to carry on after having been dragged to the ground and appearing to injure his shoulder/arm:
“Sandro doesn’t look good. He couldn’t move his arm. He wanted to stay on.
Eddie Howe on Joelinton who was forced off on 76 minutes when a freak injury left him in obvious pain and he limped off:
“Joey doesn’t look great to be honest.”
Now on Wednesday afternoon, Keith Downie who covers Newcastle United for Sky Sports, has given this positive update on the NUFC pair:
“Newcastle are hopeful Sandro Tonali and Joelinton’s respective injuries that saw them subbed against Liverpool aren’t as bad as first feared.
“Eddie Howe said post-match on Monday that neither player looked great.
“Official confirmation following scans to come but there is now hope neither player will be out for an extended period.”
Hopefully Eddie Howe will confirm this positive outlook on Friday at his pre-Leeds press conference, with a bit more detail as well as to how long (how little?) the two midfielders will be missing for.
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