McCarthy lucky to survive Leicester tackle.

James McCarthy is lucky that he was able to finish the game for Everton against Leicester yesterday after a challenge that left him lying in a heap at the King Power Stadium.

The Everton midfielder was left clutching his leg after the challenge that saw him require extensive treatment on the pitch and left Evertonians fearing the worst.

The Blues have already lost Ross Barkley this week to injury and as we watched on we wondered if we were about to lose another key player. Thankfully, he was able to continue.

Martinez said, “As we all know, James is not a player that goes down easy so when you see him down you fear that something is really wrong."

“He has a nasty stud mark on his shin. It was good that he was able to finish the game but it was a fortunate incident because it could have been really bad news.”


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