West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has confirmed that Michail Antonio will undergo a scan to learn the extent of his groin problem.
The 27-year-old was forced off the pitch midway through the first half of the Hammers’ 3-2 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at the London Stadium.
Antonio had a four-month layoff with a hamstring injury that he suffered in April last season.
He has since failed to find his shooting boots having gone five Premier League games this season without finding the back of the net or creating an assist.
Saturday’s injury is likely to hamper his progress, but it is uncertain how long the problem will keep Antonio on the sidelines for.
After the final whistle, Bilic told reporters:
“It is a groin. He felt it a bit. He didn’t pull it big time, but we have to scan it first to see how big or how bad it is. We are not taking a risk, as we are very cautious about that. He passed a test on Friday – not on Saturday because it was an early kickoff – and it was all clear. We’re not taking those kind of risks here, knowing that it can harm him in the long term. It just happened and it is in a different spot, not the same spot.”
Despite losing the game against their London rivals, West Ham had decent spells in across the 90 minutes.
The club find themselves 18th in the league table after winning one, drawing one and losing four.
