Rangers injury news as Rabbi Matondo suffers ‘bad one’ in win over Motherwell
Michael Beale has said that the injury Rabbi Matondo suffered in Rangers’ 1-0 win over Motherwell looks like “a bad one.”
The Light Blues made it three wins from three matches following the international break, but were far from convincing in their performance on Sunday (24 September) leading to the Ibrox crowd greeting the final whistle with a chorus of boos.
However, there was even more frustration for both Beale and the fans as Matondo was forced off with injury midway through the first half, having taken a knock to the outside of his knee and with Tom Lawrence, Todd Cantwell and Kieran Dowell already in the treatment room, the Welshman could be out for a while.
Speaking following the game, as quoted by The National (24 September) Beale said: “It doesn’t look like a good one. Rabbi today we think that might be a bad one.
“He’s taken a blow on the outside of his knee. That’s the information I was given.”
Doesn’t look good
Although a lot of Rangers’ performances so far this season have rightly earned criticism, it does feel as though Beale’s side have almost been cursed with injuries in the early stages of the campaign, especially in their attack.
Cantwell and Dowell have been out of action since the international break, Lawrence looked to have finally returned from his long-term injury last season and Danilo suffered a horror cheekbone injury after finally looking like he’d found his feet at Ibrox.
Now Matondo looks like he could likely be out for an extended period, just as he’s started to settle into Beale’s starting XI as a consistent starter, having featured from the start in both the win over Real Betis in the Europa League and Sunday’s win against Motherwell.
Hopefully, the Welsh winger’s injury isn’t quite as bad as is currently feared, but should he have taken a big impact to the outside of his knee, it is the sort of area that a player can experience quite a lot of damage and therefore miss out for an extended time.
Beale can’t afford to have his attacking options restricted much more. If he’s going to lose more players to injury, he has to start getting some more out of the treatment room and back in action, sooner rather than later.
In other Rangers news, Ben Davies and Connor Goldson have continued their 100 per cent unbeaten record with the Light Blues