Alan Smith leg break: Ex-Man Utd player still feels effects of injury v Liverpool in 2006

Former Manchester United forward Alan Smith is reportedly still struggling with the after effects of the horrendous injury he suffered while playing against Liverpool in 2006.

Smith sustained an awful broken leg and dislocated ankle while defending a John Arne Riise free-kick at Anfield in the closing stages of an FA Cup firth-round tie at Anfield.

Riise fancied his chances from 40 yards but his powerful left-footed strike was bravely charged down by Smith, whose United teammates knew something was badly wrong.

Edwin van der Sar and Gary Neville immediately called for United’s medical staff to rush over and help, while Ruud van Nistelrooy walked away from the scene with his hands over his face.

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