Stuart Holden out for 6 months

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Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stuart Holden has been ruled out for six months as a result of the injury he sustained in a challenge on Saturday.

Holden was rushed to hospital following a 1-0 defeat to Manchester United as a tackle from Jonny Evans, which drew a red card, left him with a nasty gash on his right knee.

He was given 26 stitches to close the wound and X-rays confirmed Holden had avoided a break, but he also underwent an MRI scan to discover if he had suffered any ligament or muscular damage to his knee.

Bolton have now said the midfielder, who had a prolonged spell on the sidelines last season following a tackle from Manchester City's Nigel de Jong, will be out for six months, meaning he misses United States' Gold Cup campaign in June.

Manager Owen Coyle told the club's official website: "First and foremost our main concern is for Stuart and his recovery. He will get all the time and support that he needs.

"Stuart has been outstanding for me this season and he has shown in his performances that he is one of the best midfielders in the Barclays Premier League. He has such desire, strength of character and a winning mentality, and he will draw on all those attributes in his rehabilitation."

Defender Gary Cahill has absolved United defender Evans of any blame for the tackle which resulted in his dismissal at Old Trafford.

"It would be a massive blow but it looked like a really bad gash, and I hope that's all it is, for the team's sake," Cahill told the Bolton News. "Maybe the international break might have come at the right time for him, in a recovery sense. Touch wood he isn't out.

"From where I was stood, he had his studs up, but no-one goes into a challenge looking to hurt someone, or at least you'd hope not.

"Nobody goes into a tackle thinking 'I'm going to do him here' and I think Evans just went for the ball and had his studs up a little bit. It was unfortunate in all circumstances, and Stu has come off worse."

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So sad he's missing the Gold Cup with USA this summer. I feel like he always gets injured right before he gets to play with the NT. He also posted on his Twitter that he's having surgery in London today. Good luck, Stu!

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sky played and played it as if carra had vowed to break nani's leg before the match and then carried it out. huge emphasis was put on the fact it was apparently one of the worst tackles that had ever lived or existed pretty much. rafaels got nowhere near as much attention and funnily enough no comments from whiskey nose even though there was more intent there.

he'll only bring this tackle up if he's forced to

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Half of the reason it was replayed though wasn´t to have a go at Carra for the tsackle but was because of the reaction and controversy FOLLOWING it - it got replayed so much so that they could apply the context to the fall out afterwards.

Sir Alex didn´t talk about anything to do with the game because of his media blackout except when he came out to say how long Nani would be out, so of course there isn´t any comments from him about either tackle.