Key Leeds United rivals have suffered a star man fresh injury blow.
Leeds United’s key Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest have suffered a fresh blow upon a star striker suffering a knee injury.
Leeds sit three points above Forest in their battle for Premier League survival but Forest were in European action on Thursday night with a Europa League quarter-final second leg at home to FC Porto.
Having only just returned from injury, the club’s star striker and former Leeds man Chris Wood was handed just his second start since October but the New Zealand international ace was forced off with just 16 minutes on the clock.
Eight minutes earlier, Wood was caught by a late and high challenge from Porto’s Jan Bednarek whose straight outstretched leg connected with the striker around to the side of his knee.
After the intervention of VAR, referee Danny Makkelie was instructed to check his monitor and returned to issue Bednarek with a straight red card.
Wood initially continued and Morgan Gibbs-White then fired the Reds ahead with just 12 minutes on the clock but Wood went to ground needing treatment shortly afterwards before being substituted. Igor Jesus replaced the striker whose side were still 1-0 up and heading for the competition’s semi-finals.
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