Trent Alexander-Arnold s participation in Euro 2020 appears to be in huge doubt after the England full-back sustained an apparent muscular injury against Austria.
England won 1-0 on Wednesday thanks to Bukayo Saka s first international goal, but a late injury for Alexander-Arnold may have spoiled the night.
Alexander-Arnold was left out of a previous England squad in March, but has made the 26-man cut for Euro 2020, with Gareth Southgate taking four right-backs.
Two of those right-backs – Kyle Walker and Reece James – were unavailable in Middlesbrough following their Champions League final exploits, so the Liverpool star got the nod.
However, in the closing stages, Alexander-Arnold pulled up after making a clearance with his left foot, and appeared to be clutching his thigh as he limped off the pitch, with England s medical staff then having to help him walk around the sidelines to the tunnel.
With England kicking-off their campaign against Croatia on June 13, Alexander-Arnold s prospects do not look good, but Southgate, who also has concerns over the fitness of Jordan Henderson and Harry Maguire, will wait for a full diagnosis before making a decision on whether to replace the 22-year-old.
We re going to have a look. It s obviously not good to see him come off in the way he did. We ll just have to assess him over the next 24 hours, he told ITV Sport.
I think thigh, but the medical team are still assessing it really. We just have to see, it s not a good sign to see him have to walk off as he did, but we ll know more in the next 24, 48 hours.
Let s see how Trent is, and we ll go from there. We don t know the full extent, so the last thing you want is to have to see him come off in the way he did.
Another player to provide something of a scare to England fans might have been Jack Grealish.
The Aston Villa talisman missed a large chunk of the Premier League run-in due to an injury, but played over an hour before being replaced by debutant Ben White.
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Grealish was seen with an ice pack on his right shin as he watched on from the stands, but the 25-year-old insisted he is fit.
I ve had an injury recently so to get 70 minutes under my belt, I m glad, he explained to ITV Sport.
It s not shin splints, actually, it s different to that, it s like a bit of stress on my shin, a different type of injury.
I m not concerned, I m still aware of it, need to keep on top of it, do whatever I can to heal it after playing in these games, so that s why the ice was on.