Eddie Howe admitted that Tino Livramento’s injury does ‘not look good’ after the defender was stretchered off during Newcastle’s 2-1 defeat to Arsenal.

Livramento landed awkwardly after an aerial challenge midway through the second half and pulled up moments later.

Newcastle physios were then brought onto the pitch to assess the England international, who then had to be stretchered off the pitch to be replaced by club captain Jamaal Lascelles.

Livramento left the pitch with his hands over his face, and Howe said that the initial signs were not positive for the full-back.

‘It doesn’t sound great. The fact he came off on a stretcher is not looking good,’ he told the BBC post-match.

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