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Weir blow rocks Toffees

25 Oct 2006 - 09:11:44

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Everton captain David Weir will be out of action for at least a fortnight after suffering a nasty head injury during Tuesday's 4-0 Carling Cup victory against Luton Town.

The Scotland defender was stretchered off unconscious following a clash of heads with Luton's Leon Barnett shortly before half-time.

He came round in the dressing room before being taken to hospital, where he was kept overnight for observation.

Medical tests did not reveal any serious damage and Weir is expected to return home on Wednesday.

The incident took some of the gloss off a magnificent Everton performance, as an own goal from Keith Keane and strikes from Tim Cahill, James McFadden and Victor Anichebe saw them coast into the hat for the fourth round draw.

The Toffees' assistant-manager Alan Irvine said: "I felt we were fabulous, we played some excellent stuff and it could have been many more. Had it not been for their keeper Marlon Beresford it would have been.

"We knew Luton were a decent team, they had players who could have caused us a few problems. They had chances, hit the post and Iain Turner made some very good saves.

"But our play was very good and we could have scored a lot more goals than we got."