Arsenal’s Héctor Bellerín to miss rest of season with ruptured cruciate ligament

• Defender injured during win over Chelsea on Saturday
• Player waiting to learn if there is further damage

Héctor Bellerín’s season is over after he was diagnosed with a ruptured cruciate knee ligament and the Arsenal right-back faces a battle to be fit for the beginning of the next campaign.

Bellerín collapsed in agony during his team’s 2-0 win against Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on Saturday and he now has the headline result in terms of the damage. But there could be yet more bad news for him as he waits to learn whether he has damaged the meniscus and other parts of the joint.

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from Football | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2FFnAzy