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Canada Star Davies Suffers Skull Contusion

Canada’s Alphonso Davies suffered a “cranial bruise” after taking a boot to the face during Saturday’s 2-2 draw between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.

Any injury to key players such as Davies will be a worry to national team coach John Herdman ahead of next month’s World Cup, but the 21-year-old said he was “feeling good in the circumstances”.

No timeline has been given for the player’s return after he was hurt in the 45th minute at Signal Iduna Park.

Davies sustained the injury in a challenge with Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham who, in trying to get his foot to the ball, made contact with Davies’ face instead.

After receiving treatment for the 45th minute injury, Davies saw no further action as he was helped off the field just before half-time.

“I just want to say thank you everyone for the nice messages and I’m looking forward to being back on the pitch soon. Thank you,” Davies said in an Instagram video.

The club said the bruise was revealed by medical scans. Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann had cited a suspected concussion after the game.

“Apologies for the collision @AlphonsoDavies. Hope you are feeling better as soon as possible,” Bellingham wrote on Twitter after the game.

2022 has proven a frustrating year for Davies. His 2021/22 season was interrupted after developing symptoms of myocarditis, a mild heart condition, following a bout of COVID-19. He returned at the beginning of April after not having played since mid-December.

/Stewart
Sports news editor