Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Crystal Palace’s Mamadou Sakho set to miss rest of season with knee injury

• Sakho injured himself in win against Leicester
• Centre-back likely to have an operation

Crystal Palace expect to be without Mamadou Sakho for the rest of the season after he suffered a serious knee injury during Saturday’s victory at Leicester.

Tests have been conducted on the France defender to determine the extent of the damage and he is resigned to undergoing an operation. The centre-half’s right leg gave way as he passed the ball 15 minutes from time under slight pressure from Jamie Vardy and, while the 29-year-old was able to walk off gingerly, he was in clear discomfort as he was assisted to the dressing room by two members of the medical staff .

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from Football | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2T0aALG

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