10 Most Notoriously Gruesome Football Injuries

4. Djibril Cissé

Liverpool's Djibril Cisse breaks his leg in a challenge with Blackburn Rovers's James McEveley, during the Barclays Premiership match at Ewood Park, Blackburn. 01/12/04: Cisse was carried off with a double fracture of his leg after a tackle by Blackburn
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This image is from Liverpool's trip to Blackburn Rovers; a game which saw Cisse's left shin give way under pressure from Jay McEveley.

The striker suffered a broken tibia and fibula and later revealed that had it not been for prompt attention from the trainers at the stadium, he would probably have lost the leg below the knee

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