TIERNEY DOUBTFUL FOR ENGLAND AFTER STOCKLEY’S SMASH
KIERAN TIERNEY emerged from the treatment room bloodied and bruised to be last in the Celtic line to lift the Scottish Cup.
But he is a major doubt to be able to rise again and return to Hampden in a fortnight fit for Scotland duty against England.
Brendan Rodgers revealed Tierney may require surgery to correct the damage done by Jayden Stockley’s arm midway through the first half.
The 19-year-old was floored by the Aberdeen striker and required five minutes of treatment to his smashed mouth before being replaced by matchwinner Tom Rogic.
No action was taken against Stockley, who Derek McInnes admitted was ‘under strict orders’ to be careful with the use of his arms following three red cards this season.
From the Celtic manager’s view of the flashpoint, the forward failed to heed that instruction.
Rodgers said: ‘My initial reaction is that is twice it has happened because KT took a heavy elbow up at Pittodrie when we won 3-1. He was down and out for a while in that game.
‘It is a difficult one because that can happen. But for it to happen again…I don’t want to comment too much because I need to see it again.
‘He probably needs an operation. I am just surprised the officials didn’t see it.’
When asked if Tierney would be withdrawing from Gordon Strachan’s World Cup squad ahead of the June 10 qualifier, Rodgers said: ‘I don’t know. But I think his teeth came from the palate of his mouth. I can’t imagine how sore that is, so he is going to need some work on that and will need to see a specialist.
‘So I don’t want to rule him in or out.’
Tierney later joked online — where he posted pictures of him with the trophy, Patrick Roberts and Scott Brown: ‘worth a broken jaw haha’.