Kone out for several days with injury

Lamine Kone twisted his knee LAMINE Kone is expected to be fit to twisted his knee in training on Thursto us, losing him. But I would hope to face Watford when Sunderland day, but there was no serious damage have him back in a matter of days, or resume their survival campaign after and he was likely to be back training maybe a week. the international break, David Moyes within a week – which would put him “He was limping a bit yesterday, but has confirmed. on course to return at Watford in a we know there’s no damage or any

Pre-match rumours that the Ivory fortnight’s time. thing that needs any work.” Coast defender had picked up an inju“On Thursday, at the end of training, Moyes brought in Jason Denayer in ry in training were confirmed an hour we were doing some heading practice place of Kone alongside John O’Shea before kick-off when Kone’s name was and he twisted his knee,” said Moyes. in the centre of defence, and that pairmissing from the teamsheet for the “We had it scanned and there’s ing kept a clean sheet against the ClarBlack Cats’ ets.goallessdrawagainstnothingthere;it[Kone’srecovery Burnley at the Stadium of Light. time] is more like days or a week. But results elsewhere meant Sun

But there was no information as to “But obviously he was a big miss derland slipped a further point adrift the nature or severity of the injury today because we knew what we were of safety, with the gap now standing at until Moyes’s post-match press congoing to face up front, and we needed seven points with 10 games remainference. his power and we needed his pace. ing.

And the Scot revealed that Kone “It was certainly a big disadvantage

JAMES HUNTER