England star Phil Foden misses game after appendix removed

LONDON (AP) — England participant Phil Foden was dominated out of the European Championship qualifier towards Ukraine on Sunday after having his appendix eliminated hours earlier than kickoff.

The Manchester City ahead underwent surgical procedure on Sunday morning, the Football Association mentioned.

England went on to win 2-0, with Harry Kane scoring a record-extending fifty fifth aim for his nationwide staff and Bukayo Saka including one other.

No estimate has been given on how lengthy Foden is predicted to be out whereas he recovers, however he’s more likely to miss City’s Premier League recreation towards Liverpool subsequent Saturday and could possibly be a doubt for his staff’s Champions League quarterfinal first-leg match towards Bayern Munich on April 11.

“With Phil over the last 48 hours he was having symptoms and our doc (doctor) got a little bit more concerned yesterday afternoon as it started to become more apparent what it could be,” England coach Gareth Southgate mentioned. “So fortunately he was in a superb place to see a specialist and be operated on this morning.

“But obviously that’s a huge disappointment for him and for us because he’s had a few camps where he’s had injury or just things haven’t worked out … he’s also been suffering with his foot injury and I think this hopefully could clear that up at the same time.”

England has made an ideal begin to its bid to succeed in Euro 2024. It beat defending champion Italy 2-1 on Thursday.