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Southampton forward Danny Ings will undergo a scan on Monday after injuring his knee in a 4-3 win over Aston Villa.
The 28-year-old went down clutching his knee after landing awkwardly after a collision with Trezeguet and was forced to retire with five minutes to go.
Previously, Ings scored his fifth goal of the season to put Southampton up 4-0 at Villa Park as the Saints moved into the top four.
However, with the player already suffering two ACL injuries in the past, Ings’ latest injury will be of concern to Southampton coach Ralph Hasenhuttl.
“Danny (Ings) hurt his knee but we hope it’s not that bad, he didn’t look good at the time,” Hasenhuttl said after the game.
“He overstretched his knee and this is always dangerous and he immediately screamed, ‘my knee, my knee.’ Tomorrow they’ll do a scan.”
Ryan Bertrand (hamstring) and Jan Bednarek were also forced to retire due to injuries with Southampton set to face Newcastle on Friday 6 November (8pm), live on Sky Sports Premier League.
Danny Ings received treatment for an injury late in the second half of the win against Aston Villa
How the Saints kept up the recent momentum
Dean Smith’s team may have started the day with the best defensive record in the top flight, having left just five goals, but you wouldn’t have known that judging from their sloppy first-half display in the Midlands.
Villa had already received a warning after just three minutes when, after a left corner kick that was thrown at the near post, Konsa got into trouble and ran over his own goalkeeper.
Luckily for the hosts, eagle-eyed VAR Chris Kavanagh noted that Saints forward Adams had drifted past the last man, only for the fit visitors to make the breakthrough when Vestergaard lost John. McGinn in the area to boost Ward-Prowse. inviting free kick from near the right corner flag.
The Santos captain soon took control of the contest by finding the back of the net twice with sumptuous free kicks from the edge of the area that left Emiliano Martínez defenseless in Villa’s goal.
When Ings, who later left with another worrisome knee injury, capped off a fine passing play involving Kyle Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse again, and Stuart Armstrong with an impressive 25-yard curling iron in the top right corner of the net, the match seemed over like a competition.
Credit to the hosts, however, showed great spirit and character to make a game in the fourth quarter when the first Mings headed off a Grealish cross, ahead of Watkins’ stoppage time goals, via from the penalty spot, and Villa’s own captain added late shine to the scoreboard.
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