Ashley Westwood from FC Burnley has hurt the ankle at 1: 1 against West Ham United. Still in the square cried counter and players due to the shock.
The midfielder had gone with a supposedly harmless duel with Nikola Vlasic. Then the players were in panic in panic, because suddenly paramedics hurried to the square.
Westwoood was placed among other things an oxygen mask. Both the West Ham and the Burnley players fought with tears. Tomas Soucek comforted his teammate Vlasic after his foul.
The 32-year-old was finally brought to the hospital after a minute’s treatment. How Burnley announced, Westwood’s circumstances appropriate. In the next few days he will be examined by a specialist.
“ What happened to ASH was not nice to look at and affected the other players,” said Burnely-Interimtrainer Mike Jackson after the game. The former Wolfsburger Wout Wirehorst Burnley had taken to the lead, Soucek made for the compensation.
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Burnley continues to rank in the table cellar, currently standing on the 18th place. Only last Friday the club had separated from his long-standing coach Sean Dyche. West Ham is meanwhile seventh. In the Europa League, the hammer is also in the semifinals, where the club meets Eintracht Frankfurt.