Sherwood on Adama Traoré injury: "It doesn't look good"

In the 57th minute of Aston Villa's eventual win over Notts County in the Capital One Cup, new phenom Adama Traoré limped off the pitch. He had been the victim of a rough tackle and apparently had to have an ice pack applied to his ankle. Now, after two sensational matches in a row, Adama looks to be a doubt for this weekend's match against Sunderland.

Speaking after the match manager Tim Sherwood said that Adama would have to worry about being a marked man now that teams realize the only way to stop him is to take his legs out from under him. When asked about today's injury, Sherwood said:

"It doesn't looked good to be honest. He took a heavy knock - I thought it was a bad tackle. It was his ankle. He's a real talent. It's too soon to tell how serious but he's packed in ice and hobbling around."

So there you have it. A debut against Crystal Palace that saw him basically score a goal after a brilliant run (only to have it go in the books as an own goal) and a home debut that saw him actually score, and now Adama has an injury that may be serious.

Villa won a thrilling match today and we all have a derby against Birmingham City to look forward to. This should be a jubilant evening! But with this injury news we all get a quick reminder that we support Aston Villa and can thus never truly be happy.

Here's hoping the injury is less serious than Tim is intimating.