• Republic of Ireland goalkeeper will also miss Newcastle survival fight
• ‘When I found out it was my cruciate ligament,that’s when the tears came’It happened in exiguous more than a heartbeat and when it did, Martin O’Neill and plenty of others could feel the palpitations. The Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Rob Elliot lay stricken on the Aviva Stadium turf, and having changed direction to spring to his left in a doomed attempt to support out Miroslav Stoch’s opening goal for Slovakia during Tuesday’s 2-2 draw.
It was a routine action,the sort Elliot has performed countless times for Newcastle United but here fate decreed there would be an explosion of pain in the player’s right knee ligaments.
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Source: theguardian.com