10 Most Notoriously Gruesome Football Injuries

6. Alan Smith

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Smith broke his leg and dislocated his ankle while attempting to bravely block a free-kick from Liverpool's John Arne Riise.

The striker's manager Sir Alex Ferguson described the injury as the worst he had ever seen.

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