Pardew: 'Wickham's knee injury is serious'

Melissa Rojas Tänzer 8 years ago 678
Wickham celebrating a goal. AFP

Crystal Palace's Connor Wickham will miss for a few weeks due to a knee injury.

A bad weekend for Crystal Palace: They lose 5-4 against Swansea City and their striker gets injured. The 23-year-old suffered during his side's match against Swanseaa a "serious" knee injury which will sideline him. 

"It's been a tough day for us because Connor looks like he's got a serious injury," the team's coach Alan Pardew said.

He added: "Connor got the injury and that affected us, it was a bad injury. Those seven minutes he was getting treatment proved costly for us. A really tough day for us".

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