{"id":299134,"date":"2023-12-03T15:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T15:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=299134"},"modified":"2023-12-03T15:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T15:24:06","slug":"premier-league-fans-in-shock-as-leno-is-allowed-to-play-through-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/premier-league-fans-in-shock-as-leno-is-allowed-to-play-through-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League fans in shock as Leno is ALLOWED to play through injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Premier League fans in shock as Bernd Leno is ALLOWED to play on despite taking a knee to the face from Liverpool&#8217;s Luis Diaz and being &#8216;unable to open his right eye&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Premier League fans are shocked as Leno was allowed to stay on the pitch<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The goalkeeper collided with Liverpool&#8217;s Diaz and received treatment\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Andre Onana&#8217;s place as Man United No 1 is in doubt &#8211; Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Premier League fans have taken to social media to express their shock as\u00a0Stuart Attwell allowed Bernd Leno to stay on the pitch despite receiving a knee to the face from Luis Diaz.<\/p>\n<p>The pair collided, with Leno&#8217;s right eye appearing to shut after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>However, he played on before Alexis Mac Allister netted a sensational strike against him to restore Liverpool&#8217;s lead in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have since taken to social media to discuss the decision from the referee, as many believe that he should have been forced off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;How is Leno still allowed to be on the pitch with one functioning eye?&#8217; asked one fan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78523871-0-image-a-106_1701615632553.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bernd Leno was allowed to stay on the pitch despite receiving a knee to the face from Luis Diaz<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/14\/78523867-0-image-a-103_1701615587979.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The incident happened in the first half, with the goalkeeper allowed to continue<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78523859-0-image-a-105_1701615630272.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After receiving treatment, Leno was back up but had a clear swollen eye<\/p>\n<p>Several other supporters agreed with the sentiment, with one attempting to reach out to Fulham and the FA on X.<\/p>\n<p>They wrote: Leno\u00a0should be taken off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He is having early panda eye sign of the right eye. He needs to be evaluated in a hospital with appropriate scans needed.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another fan couldn&#8217;t believe what he was witnessing, saying: &#8216;How have the officials let Leno play on there? He can\u2019t see out of his right eye!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leno was urged to rest by a Tottenham fan, who was watching the game before his side face Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78523979-12820149-image-a-115_1701616112696.jpg\" height=\"114\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78523975-12820149-image-a-116_1701616114943.jpg\" height=\"145\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78523981-12820149-image-a-118_1701616119174.jpg\" height=\"167\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78523973-12820149-image-a-117_1701616117688.jpg\" height=\"147\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Leno can&#8217;t even open his right eye just rest bro,&#8217; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Another felt sympathy for the goalkeeper as he said: &#8216;I pity Leno. He&#8217;s using\u00a0eye to keep shots away from Mac Allister, Szobo and Trent!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, not everyone was as concerned for the Fulham shot-stopper as a Liverpool fan urged his side to take advantage of the goalkeeper&#8217;s struggle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Need Mo and braid Darwin to score, they said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Leno has one eye there\u2019s no excuses.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marco Silva will no doubt be questioned about the decision to keep his goalkeeper on the pitch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12820149\/Premier-League-fans-shock-Bernd-Leno-Fulham-Liverpool-injury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier League fans in shock as Bernd Leno is ALLOWED to play on despite taking a knee to the face from Liverpool&#8217;s Luis Diaz and being &#8216;unable to open his right eye&#8217; Premier League fans are shocked as Leno was allowed to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Premier League fans in shock as Leno is ALLOWED to play through injury - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/premier-league-fans-in-shock-as-leno-is-allowed-to-play-through-injury\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Premier League fans in shock as Leno is ALLOWED to play through injury - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Premier League fans in shock as Bernd Leno is ALLOWED to play on despite taking a knee to the face from Liverpool&#8217;s Luis Diaz and being &#8216;unable to open his right eye&#8217; 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