Battle of Britain bores as AV suffers horrific injury

(15-09-2010) As if a dour stalemate with Rangers in the Champions League on Tuesday night was not enough, Manchester United suffered another blow when they lost star midfielder Antonio Valencia for the season. The Ecuador international broke his ankle midway through the second-half of the match at Old Trafford after a seemingly innocuous incident involving Kirk Broadfoot. TV replays showed his foot pointing in the wrong direction and he was eventually stretchered off, with Broadfoot in obvious distress. "It is a dislocation or a fracture and he gets operated on tomorrow morning," confirmed Ferguson after the 0-0 draw. "It was an innocuous challenge but when you saw the Rangers player waving, you knew it was a bad one.” Added Fergie: "It is a bad blow for the boy. It is similar to the injury Alan Smith got and you are talking about the rest of the season."