Roy Hodgson says his Wilfried Zaha failed to recover from a knock he sustained against Arsenal in time to face Manchester City.
“Wilf unfortunately picked up a knock in the game against Arsenal,” he told Sky Sports in his pre-match interview. “The turnaround has been quite quick, and we haven’t been able to turn him around in time.”
“Every time Wilf doesn’t play it’s a miss, that’s been well documented. We’d have loved to have him here – and we’d have loved to have had Cheikhou [Kouyate] here – but these things happen in a game of football and we’re fortunate that with a couple of days between the games we haven’t picked up more injuries than the one Wilf picked up.