TYRONE MINGS broke down in tears after being forced off with another knee injury.
The Aston Villa star went down in severe pain after a tackle from West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus.
Mings appeared to twist his knee and could be seen grimacing to leave fans fearing the worst.
He bravely tried to solider on to the delight of supporters inside Villa Park, who cheered as he attempted to run off the pain.
But Mings could not continue, catching the ball when bursting into a brief sprint just minutes after re-entering the action.
The 31-year-old then trudged off the field in tears and was consoled by his team-mates.
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Mings has had horrible luck with injuries in recent years, sustaining two severe ACL tears in his career.
His first took 473 days to recover from and occurred when he was a Bournemouth player in 2015.
The next saw him out for 445 days and the devastating injury was picked up for Villa in 2023.
While sidelined, the 18-time capped England international suffered from a condition known as muscle atrophy, which is the decrease in the size of muscle tissue due to a lack of physical activity.
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It made his right leg look far slimmer than his left and led to him flying to the USA for rehabilitation.
Mings reportedly underwent several surgeries and feared his career was over at one point.
On his journey back to fitness, he said: “It was awful, absolutely awful.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
