England suffer World Cup injury blow as Keira Walsh stretchered off in tears with knee injury
England's bright start to their World Cup clash against Denmark took a huge hit as Keira Walsh went down injured.
The Lionesses took the lead after just six minutes when Chelsea star Lauren James scored a screamer.
Denmark were not shy to threaten soon after and in fact came very close to equalising.
England were able to hold on, but eventually suffered a huge setback as Walsh went down with a nasty looking injury.
She awkwardly caught her foot in the turf before falling to the floor and signalled to the bench that she couldn't continue.
The world's most expensive women's player could be seen mouthing 'I've done my knee' before being stretchered off in tears.
Walsh's teammates consoled her as she was taken down the tunnel, with boss Sarina Wiegman also checking up on her.
Laura Coombs came on to replace the midfielder before England headed into the break with their 1-0 lead.
After shining for Manchester City, Walsh sealed a record move to Barcelona for a fee of around £400,000 last summer.
She won the Champions League in her first season at the club, as well as Liga F and Supercopa de Espana Femenina.
Her injury could prove to be detrimental to England's hopes for the rest of the World Cup.
The Lionesses were able to secure victory in their first game of the tournament with a 1-0 win over Haiti.
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