Sean Dyche has admitted Seamus Coleman may have suffered a “serious” knee injury during Everton’s draw with Leicester City.
The Everton captain looked to be in agony following a nasty collision with Leicester's Boubakary Soumare in the 43rd minute of the 2-2 draw on Monday night.
Soumare went in for a tough tackle on Coleman, and upon impact, it appeared that the Donegal man had badly twisted his knee. Play was immediately called to a halt as the Republic of Ireland international received treatment from medics.
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He was later taken off on a stretcher but was seen applauding the travelling Everton fans at the King Power Stadium as well as handing out instructions to team-mates as he left the field of play.
And asked for an update on the defender after the game, Dyche said: "It's really unfortunate. We're waiting on news, it could be serious, a knee injury. I thought he was terrific."
Coleman was replaced by Nathan Patterson in the fifth minute of stoppage time at the end of the first half. And by that point, Everton were 2-1 down after Caglar Soyuncu and Jamie Vardy cancelled out Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s opener from the penalty spot.
However, Alex Iwobi restored parity nine minutes into the second half. The result leaves Everton inside the relegation zone with four games to go.
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