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Matt Abbott

Nottingham Forest in huge injury scare at World Cup as Steve Cooper waits on update

Nottingham Forest midfielder Cheikhou Kouyaté was stretchered off during Senegal's opening World Cup match against the Netherlands.

The summer signing started the Group A match in midfield for Aliou Cissé's side alongside Leicester City's Nampalys Mendy before being forced off the field. Kouyaté had performed well in keeping Holland scoreless while up against Frenkie de Jong and Steven Berghuis in the middle of the park.

That was until the 32-year-old was forced off with an injury and carried from the field prone on a stretcher after colliding with De Jong. The incident itself was a rather innocuous one, and Kouyaté was replaced by Marseille's Pape Gueye.

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