Aaron Ramsey faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering an horrific leg injury in Arsenal’s 3-1 Premier League win at Stoke on Saturday evening.
The 19-year-old Wales international midfield starlet was stretchered off at the Britannia Stadium after his right leg buckled under a challenge by Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross on 65 minutes.
Shawcross, who was immediately sent off by referee Peter Walton, appeared to leave the field in tears, while other players were visibly distressed by Ramsey’s injury which occured just two years and three days after striker Eduardo suffered a badly broken leg at Birmingham.
After the game Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said: “I’m very proud and of course very sad because of what happened. We know it’s a bad injury. We have to transfer him to London tonight to see if he needs emergency surgery.
“We don’t know how long he will be out but it’s certainly long term.
“I’m not very happy with the tackle. We know what we are expecting, a battle everywhere, but we have now lost three players on horrendous tackles and I refuse to believe it’s always coincidence.
“I don’t believe it when you are hit as many times as we are. I just believe in what I see and when you see a player getting injured like that it’s not acceptable. Commitment is right, but that is not right.
“All the questions I get in press conferences about we don’t fancy the physical side of it, that’s the result.”
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