{"id":16781,"date":"2022-05-01T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T16:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/01\/leeds-blow-as-tests-unveil-severity-of-stuart-dallas-injury\/"},"modified":"2022-05-01T12:01:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T16:01:15","slug":"leeds-blow-as-tests-unveil-severity-of-stuart-dallas-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/01\/leeds-blow-as-tests-unveil-severity-of-stuart-dallas-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds blow as tests unveil severity of Stuart Dallas injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leeds United have, on Sunday afternoon, provided an update on the wellbeing of defender Stuart Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>For those not aware, Northern Irish international Dallas was forced into a premature departure from Leeds\u2019 Premier League meeting with Manchester City yesterday evening.<\/p>\n<p>On the back of a heavy challenge involving Jack Grealish, concern quickly spread across Elland Road, as the hosts\u2019 key full-back was left grounded in evident distress.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas\u2019 right leg, in turn, was wrapped in a brace, before he was stretchered from the field of play to rapturous applause from the Leeds faithful.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1714029\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1714029\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1714029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240351444-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Leeds blow as tests unveil severity of Stuart Dallas injury\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240351444-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240351444-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240351444-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240351444-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240351444-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240351444-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1240351444-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1714029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LEEDS, ENGLAND \u2013 APRIL 30: Stuart Dallas suffers a first half injury during the Premier League match between Leeds United and Manchester City at Elland Road on April 30, 2022 in Leeds, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Ashton \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>All of a Whites persuasion had therefore since faced an anxious wait for an update on the wellbeing of their defensive star, amid fears over a potentially lengthy spell on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>And, unfortunately for Leeds, ahead of a crucial run-in to the campaign, precisely that has been confirmed on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>As per an announcement across the club\u2019s social media platforms, medical tests have revealed that Dallas has suffered \u2018a femoral fracture\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old, as a result, is set to go under the knife in London over the days ahead, before sitting out the remainder of the season in a bid to recuperate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? Stuart Dallas faces lengthy period out, after sustaining a femoral fracture in yesterday\u2019s clash with Man City<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leeds United (@LUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LUFC\/status\/1520715906309009408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>City cruise<\/h2>\n<p>Dallas\u2019 injury, of course, marked just the tip of the iceberg when it came to the woes suffered by Leeds on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>This came with the survival hopes of Jesse Marsch\u2019s outfit having also been dealt a blow, en route to an eventual 4-0 drubbing at the hands of a rampant Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Goals on the part of all of Rodri, Nathan Ake, Gabriel Jesus and Fernandinho mean that the Peacocks have slipped below Burnley into 17th in the Premier League table, just five points clear of Everton, who are currently locked in action with Chelsea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No penalty? No problem \u274c<\/p>\n<p>Fernandinho smashes in a late goal to seal an emphatic 4-0 win against Leeds! \u2604\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jlT4p271f7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/jlT4p271f7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1520470613877526529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/tottenham-hotspur-vs-leicester-city-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/everton-vs-chelsea-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Everton vs Chelsea live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Leeds United have, on Sunday afternoon, provided an update on the wellbeing of defender Stuart Dallas. For those not aware, Northern Irish international Dallas was forced into a premature departure from Leeds\u2019 Premier League meeting with Manchester City yesterday evening. On the back of a heavy challenge involving Jack Grealish, concern quickly spread across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-16781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}