Miguel Almiron blow at Newcastle United as Yoshinori Muto suffers painful injury

The League One club came from behind to draw 1-1 with Steve Bruce’s side at Spotland this afternoon. Almiron’s first-half strike was cancelled out by a late goal from Aaron Wilbraham.

Almiron and Yoshinori Muto were forced off during the second half, and Bruce confirmed their injuries after the third-round tie.

“Muto’s got a hip,” said United’s head coach. “Almiron’s got groin. I think Muto, with the pain he’s in, is arguably the worst. Almiron, we’ll find out in the next 24 hours.”

On the game, Bruce said: “We created chance after chance (in the first half). I can’t remember them having a kick. Then, of course, we lot another couple (to injury). We lost that control we had with Muto. We had to bring in Matt Ritchie for the last 25 minutes.”