Shock injury in the Premier League: Ankle fracture at Everton professional Gomes

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A serious injury to Everton professional André Gomes overshadowed the Premier League fixture against Tottenham Hotspur: 1-1 (0-0), the 26-year-old Portuguese suffered a severe ankle injury on his right leg. TV pictures showed his foot in an unnatural posture.

Gomes had been fouled by former Bundesliga player Heung-Min Son and crashed in Tottenham's Serge Aurier. Afterwards, he lay on the grass with a grimace on his face and had to be carried out of the stadium with a stretcher and taken to a hospital.

How bad the injury was, you could see in the reactions of the close-fitting fans as well as the other players. They twisted in horror or clasped their hands over their heads. Some waved for help.

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Also Son had to be comforted

Son himself was completely dissolved after the foul and had to be comforted. After seeing only the yellow card, the referee changed his mind after a few minutes and showed Son the red card. It was only his second relegation in the past five years.

"It was not his fault, he barely lifted his head in the locker room because he cried so much," said Sony midfielder Dele Alli, who put his side ahead in the 63rd minute. In the eighth minute of injury time Cenk Tosun saved the hosts with a header the late draw.

Gomes will be operated on Monday, according to his association is the injury to ankle fracture. "We will support André and his family, he is seriously injured, but I'm 100 percent sure that he will return stronger," said Everton coach Marco Silva.