Sunderland have suffered a major injury blow with skipper Corry Evans expected to miss the remainder of the season with cruciate liagment damage. The midfielder limped out of the Black Cats' weekend 2-0 victory against Middlesbrough after suffering the injury in the first ten minutes at the Stadium of Light.
He tried to play on but was eventually replaced by Edouard Michut with 11 minutes on the clock. Boss Tony Mowbray said immediately after the game that Evans had suffered a knock to the knee but that the initial view was that there was no damage to either cartilage or ligaments.
But a scan this week has shown that Evans has in fact suffered damage to his anterior cruciate ligament and will require surgery. The club confirmed in a statement today that the 32-year-old is set to miss the remainder of the campaign.
