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Bournemouth's Eddie Howe doesn't believe Jack Wilshere's injury is serious

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe says he does not believe Jack Wilshere suffered a serious injury in Monday's 2-0 defeat to Manchester City.

Both Wilshere and Simon Francis had to come off after picking up first-half injuries as Bournemouth continued their winless start to 2017.

Wilshere has played well on loan from Arsenal this season after a number of injury-plagued seasons at the Emirates, but Howe said he didn't expect the 25-year-old to miss extended time.

"Jack is just feeling his ankle. I don't think there's a major injury there," Howe said. "He just felt he couldn't move as freely as he wanted to and had a pain in his ankle, so we took him off.