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Manchester United forward Robin Van Persie has said that he feared about a broken toe earlier this month after the Champions league clash against Shakhtar Donetsk.
“Against Shakhtar I got such a hard kick on my toe, I immediately thought it was broken. It was so sore. On the Thursday, after returning to Manchester, I had a scan. Eight years ago I broke a bone on my other foot and it felt like a similar injury,” he told the Sunday Mirror.
“I was so relieved there was no fracture visible, but doctors told me it was badly bruised. I was told to rest it, but I wanted to play against Sunderland. So we did what they call a quick fix. The medics gave me an injection,” he added.
Van Persie played through the pain barrier in Holland’s World cup qualifier against Hungary and became the country’s all-time leading scorer but he admitted that it was a gamble playing in the match.
“But I have said I won’t do that again. If I keep having injections in my toe, it is not going to improve. It will get more sensitive and painful. I have to admit it was a gamble playing against Hungary. I’d not trained and you never know how that can work out when you play again,” he said.
