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‘Someone scratched me, or bit me’: Graham Potter reacts to bizarre injury in Sweden’s World Cup celebrations

Graham Potter appeared to be bleeding from his right ear at the end of Sweden's first match - (Reuters)

Sweden boss Graham Potter was delighted as his side opened their World Cup campaign with a 5-1 thrashing of Tunisia at the Estadio Monterrey on Sunday night.

They appeared a world away from their dismal qualifying performances with an assured win over error-strewn Tunisia, with Brighton midfielder Yasin Ayari bookending the scoring, Mattias Svanberg finding the net and the star pairing of Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres also on the scoresheet.

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