Burnley’s Ashley Westwood has suffered a horrific injury in the Claret’s match with West Ham which left Nikola Vlasic distraught after being the other player in the collision.
In the video below, which contains graphic content, the West Ham player can be seen running into Westwood and everyone reacts horrified as the Burnley midfielder’s ankle is turned the other way.
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Footage courtesy of Ziggo
Vlasic was visibly distraught after the incident and was seen being consoled by his teammate Declan Rice and Burnley’s Maxwel Cornet
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We hope Westwood makes a full recovery as it is never nice to see something like this happen to a player.