Socceroos youngster Daniel Arzani has suffered a knee injury during his first-team debut for Celtic, while Tom Rogic scored in their Scottish Premiership win.
Australian wonderboy Daniel Arzani has been taken from the field on a stretcher due to a knee injury just 20 minutes into his first-team debut for Scottish giants Celtic.
Celtic coach Brendan Rogers brought Arzani on as a 57th-minute substitute in their Scottish Premiership clash at Dundee before the teen went down off the ball clutching his knee.
The 19-year-old attacker’s injury left the Hoops a man down for the remainder of the match, which they won 5-0 with his national teammate Tom Rogic opening the scoring on 20 minutes.
Arzani will almost certainly miss the Socceroos’ matches against South Korea on November 17 in Brisbane and against Lebanon in Sydney three days later, however, Hoops manager Brendan Rodgers appeared hopeful immediately after the match that Arzani’s injury was not too serious.
“Arzani is a great boy and it’s unfortunate he picked up the injury with a run in the game,” he said.
“I think his knee just sort of gave way and he felt it a bit unstable.
“He was taking the applause on the way out, so I’m not sure how sore it was. I don’t think it was killing him.”
However, The Daily Telegraph’s Tom Smithies reported that Arzani may have torn his ACL – ruling him out for virtually an entire year.
Rodgers was very complimentary of Arzani’s impact in his brief cameo and said a scan would be required on Thursday to confirm the extent of the injury.
“He certainly is happy to take the ball, he has confidence, he’s a Celtic player in terms of, he wants to beat people and wants to be aggressive,” he said of Arzani.
Rogic celebrated his 150th appearance for the Hoops with a wonderful opener before further goals from Scott Sinclair, from the spot, James Forrest and striker Odsonne Edouard had the points secured by the interval.
Australian pair Oliver Bozanic and Ben Garrucio played the 90 minutes for Hearts in their fiery 0-0 Edinburgh derby against Hibernian, who had Socceroos stalwart Mark Milligan and recent national team addition Martin Boyle in action.
Hibernian boss Neil Lennon and Hearts goalkeeper Zdenek Zlamal were both floored by missiles during the chaotic game, although both recovered after receiving treatment.
Elsewhere, Rangers drew 1-1 at Ibrox with Kilmarnock, Aberdeen cruised past Hamilton 3-0, St.Johnstone won 1-0 at Livingston while St. Mirren lost 2-0 to Motherwell.
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