Robin van Persie suffered a gruesome looking eye injury on Sunday afternoon.
The Fenerbahce collided with Abdulwahid Sissoko during his side’s 3-1 win over Akhisar Belediyespor, and had to be stretchered from the pitch.
Van Persie suffered a torn eyelid, and television pictures captured blood coming from the striker’s eye as he left the field and waited for an ambulance.
He’s the incident which led to the injury:
Robin van Persie’nin (@Persie_Official) dayak yediği, göz kapağının yırtıldığı bu hareket kart/penaltı verilmedi.pic.twitter.com/QitKwEhHYH
— FeDeR Medya (@FederMedya) November 6, 2016
Van Persie, who scored the opening goal in the game before suffering the injury just before half-time, was then photographed and filmed lying on a stretcher, waiting for an ambulance, with his eye heavily bandaged.
https://twitter.com/fenerbahceliler/status/795306126535512068
https://twitter.com/FederMedya/status/795328270954823680
https://twitter.com/football_oranje/status/795332043202842624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Robin Van Persie’nin yaşadığı sakatlık sonrası ilk görüntüleri. (A Spor) pic.twitter.com/hmulYW3VnX
— Krampon Sports (@SportsKrampon) November 6, 2016
However, despite the injury appearing horrific, the former Manchester United man Monday provided an encouraging update, confirming that while his eyelid is torn, the eye is “undamaged”.
— Robin van Persie (@Persie_Official) November 7, 2016
The 33-year-old has scored four goals in eight league games in Turkey this season.
He also scored a few weeks ago against Manchester United, his old team, at Old Trafford and received a standing ovation from the crowd.
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