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RIYADH: Al-Hilal striker Aleksandar Mitrovic will miss six-weeks of action due to injury, the club confirm on Monday.
He sustained a hamstring injury during the Blues 4-3 win over Al-Shabab in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday.
The Serbian striker was substituted in the first half after sharply pulling up while running with the ball.
“Following medical tests that Aleksandar Mitrovic underwent, he has been diagnosed with a hamstring muscle injury and he will be going through a treatment and rehab programme for six weeks,” the club said late on Monday night.
The striker scored twice before the injury to take his league tally to 22 goals from 22 games.
Speaking on Saturday night at the post-match press conference after beating Al Shabab to keep Al Hilal’s 12-point lead at the top of the league, manager Jorge Jesus described the No.9’s injury as “heavy”.
“A player like Mitrovic, we don’t have an equal substitute for him, even though in other positions we might have. Mitrovic played for his national team and was in Russia, with long hours for flights and arrived two days before the game,” Jesus added. “There is always a risk for the big teams that play for all the competitions like us.
He said that this was the price his team has had to pay for being successful and being involved in various competition, both in the Kingdom and in Asia.