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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Mark McCadden

'You need to learn how to use your legs again' - Liverpool and Ireland striker on her injury hell

Leanne Kiernan has revealed that she had to learn how to run again after she suffered a devastating ankle injury last September.

The Ireland striker was sidelined for eight months after she was hurt in Liverpool’s WSL opener last September against Chelsea.

Kiernan returned to action last month - just in time to make Vera Pauw’s 31-strong pre-World Cup squad.

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