Adam Le Fondre reveals his Hibs injury like something from a CAR CRASH but vows he won't be left behind

Adam Le Fondre's season hit the skids when he was struck down with an injury doctors told him was more common in car crashes. Now he’s back after a four month repair job - and desperate to help get Hibs motoring on the road to Europe.

The veteran striker had never had a serious injury in his 20-year career until he broke down against Ross County in October. Only after tests did it turn out he’d been playing through the pain of a torn posterior cruciate ligament for two games.

Ahead of a huge battle with Aberdeen at Pittodrie with both sides desperately looking to salvage a top six spot, Le Fondre revealed medics had told him the damage to his knee was akin to a road accident victim. He said: "That's what the doctor said to me. He was like 'what have you done?' I don't know what I've done!

“We played Celtic at home and O'Riley has nicked the ball off me and I've gone down on my knee and folded it. I got up and went 'that's a bit sore that' and just carried on playing.

“I got through training and got to the Tuesday night, started that game against Ross County and when Jair scores, it's a two-v-one and I've sprinted through the middle and as I've gone to do it I've gone 'offfftt, that doesn't feel great'.

“My knee sort of gave way but me being daft I carried on for another 20 minutes after that to try and get through it. But it comes to a point where I can't really walk - it was a bit stupid from my part!

"I had to wait until the end of my career to get a properly bad injury. Even when I got the news that I had the PCL tear, there was disbelief because I'd been playing with it for two games. It's the longest injury I've ever had in my career. It was three-and-a-half months. It was a really frustrating time for me because