Mateta given 25 stitches after horror head sort out in FA Cup conflict
Crystal Palace striker, Jean-Philippe Mateta, has now been discharged from hospital following a horrific head-high sort out by Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts.
Mateta was stretchered off at Selhurst Park on Saturday throughout their 3-1 win.
Palace have now revealed that the Frenchman needed to endure 25 stitches to a “extreme laceration” to his left ear.
An official assertion additionally confirmed that Mateta had regular scans and was feeling nicely.
Referee Michael Oliver had initially proven Roberts a yellow card for the sort out.
Nevertheless, following additional session on the VAR pitchside monitor, he brandished a straight pink card.
Palace chairman Steve Parish labelled Roberts’ problem as “essentially the most reckless” he has ever seen and claimed that the keeper was “endangering a fellow skilled”.
