Arsenal’s Eduardo Da Silva broke his leg in the first 2 minutes of the game against Birmingham.

Eduardo picked up the ball and was heading toward the Birmingham penalty box, Martin Taylor of Birmingham challenged Eduardo and it resulted in a dreadful break to the leg of Eduardo.

The game was stopped immediately and the Arsenal players alerted the Arsenal physio to get to the player as soon as possible.

It clearly affected all the players, who were in disbelief shaking their heads and some, like Adebayor, had to move as far away as possible from the incident.

The game was stopped for a over 8 minutes and the scenes were so bad that the TV cameras refrained from replaying the incident.

Eduardo was rushed straight to hospital.

Birmingham with just ten men, managed to salvage a draw with Arsenal, scoring a penalty in the very last minute of extra time.

Links:

Eduardo Has Surgery: Eduardo had surgery on Saturday evening.

Wenger Retracts Statement: Arsene Wenger retracts his statement regarding Martin Taylor, who;s challenge broke Eduardo’s leg.

Eduardo Should Play Again: David Busst offers encouragement to Eduardo.

Report Birmingham 2-2 Arsenal Birmingham draw level in extra time.

See vivid pictures of Eduardo’s broken leg - Warning: Not for the feint hearted link