Manchester United’s task of knocking Greek side Olympiakos out of the Champions League was always going to be difficult enough, after losing 2-0 in the first leg.

So the last thing that under-fire Red Devils boss David Moyes needed was an early injury, especially to a player as vital as Antonio Valencia.

On a night when United need goals, but also need to wary about being caught on the counter attacker, Valencia’s speed, energy and athleticism was always going to be key.

However, with just a few minutes gone, Olympiakos’ on-loan from Arsenal winger Joel Campbell planted his head into Valencia’s face, leaving a massive lump on the United man’s eye. It was pretty gruesome.




Valencia clearly had a problem, but he tried to act composed.

Valencia’s eye began to swell up (Picture: Twitter)

Campbell then tried to say sorry, but Valencia wasn’t interested.

Valencia snubbed Campbell (Picture: Twitter)

United’s physio tried to have a look at it.

The physio checked on the eye injury (Picture: Twitter)

But the lump kept growing.

Valencia’s swelling kept getting worse (Picture: Twitter)

And then even the physio didn’t know what to do.

Valencia had minimal treatment (Picture: Getty)

So Valencia tried to awkwardly play on…

He tried to continue as usual (Picture: Action Images)

Twitter was interested/intrigued by it.

Before some just resorted to trolling.

Including Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere.

Wilshere tweeted just after the injury (Picture: Twitter)

Poor Valencia…

That is some shiner (Picture: Twitter)