Newcastle United suffer double injury blow v Fulham ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea games

Newcastle United have suffered yet another injury blow after Fabian Schar suffered what appeared to be a hamstring injury during the opening stages of their clash with Fulham. Schat suffered the injury just 11 minutes into the game.

The Swiss centre-back strode out of defence with the ball but pulled up feeling his hamstring and was seen to by the physios. He was unable to continue and replaced by Emil Krafth with Dan Burn shifting into centre-back, Tino Livramento out to left-back and the Sweden international at right back.

Joelinton was also withdrawn during the game after he went down holding his leg following a lung busting run from one end of the pitch to another. Lewis Miley was the man called upon to replace him.

The blow comes after news emerged before kick-off that Alexander Isak wouldn’t feature against the Cottagers. The 24-year-old reportedly missed the game as a precaution after suffering a minor problem with his groin.