Danny Welbeck was capable to question location with his Brighton teammates aft being stretchered disconnected during the Premier League triumph against Newcastle United connected Saturday.
Welbeck scored Brighton’s first-half victor astatine St James’ Park, which is his 5th extremity successful the Premier League this play truthful far.
However, the 33-year-old was forced disconnected successful the 81st infinitesimal aft taking a genu to his little backmost successful an aerial situation with Newcastle centre-back Fabian Schar.
Welbeck was instantly treated by exigency aesculapian unit and required oxygen arsenic helium near the pitch.
Speaking aft the game, Brighton caput coach, Fabian Hurzeler, revealed that Welbeck was taken to infirmary for scans connected his back.
‘I can’t springiness immoderate updates yet,’ Hurzeler said. ‘He volition person a scan and hopefully we volition cognize much later.
‘I deliberation helium got an opponent’s genu successful the back. Hopefully it’s not that bad, but we can’t beryllium definite astir that.’
Welbeck was past cleared to alert location with his teammates, with Brighton’s societal media accounts posting a representation of the striker connected the flight.
The station included the message: ‘Dat guy’s a spot bruised and battered, but the bully quality is our lucifer victor astatine St James’ Park, Danny Welbeck, is connected our British Airways formation home.
‘Also, a immense convey you to the fans who gave Danny a superb ovation erstwhile helium was stretchered off.’
Brighton’s adjacent crippled is astatine location to Wolves successful the Premier League adjacent Saturday.
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