West Ham manager David Moyes says Lukasz Fabianksi “seems OK” although admits he is “worried” about the goalkeeper's eye socket after a nasty collision in Saturday’s 4-0 win over Nottingham Forest, ahead of Wednesday’s FA Cup fifth round clash with Manchester United.
The 37-year-old goalkeeper was left with a swollen eye after a coming-together with the knee of Filipe in the 69th-minute. He had to be replaced by Alphonse Areola and is a doubt for the trip to Old Trafford. “You’ve probably seen Lukasz’s eye is quite bad, I think we’re more worried about his eye socket area, that sort of thing,” Moyes said of Fabianski post-match. “I’ve had a look, he seems okay.
Obviously it’s come up very quickly and it’s black and blue.” READ MORE: Erik ten Hag explains Avram Glazer attendance at Carabao Cup final Meanwhile, summer recruit Lucas Paqueta suffered an injury scare during the first half before carrying on until his 83rd-minute substitution.
As per Football London, Moyes detailed: “Paqueta went down with his shoulder where he’s had the problems, so I sort of thought ‘oh, here we go again.’ “He seemed to come through it quite well and did a lot of good things and things we really like.” Vladimir Coufal was forced off at half-time with a foot problem but ex-United boss Moyes explained his exit from the game.