Source: Daily_Mail
Green and Kirkland injuries add to Fabio Capello's goalkeeping crisis
The extent of the goalkeeping crisis facing Fabio Capello ahead of the World Cup was shown starkly yesterday when only three Englishman completed 90 minutes for their clubs in the Premier League. [LNB]Robert Green, of West Ham, and Wigan's Chris Kirkland were the latest to suffer from the curse of potential England No1s when they both left the field injured during heavy home defeats. [LNB]Manchester United's Ben Foster was again left out by Sir Alex Ferguson in favour of Tomasz Kuszczak, while Portsmouth's David James continued to be sidelined with a knee injury as his club beat Burnley 2-0 at Fratton Park. James, 39, last played a month ago in a 3-1 defeat against Blackburn. [LNB] Injury crisis: Green was substituted during West Ham's loss to Man United [LNB] West Ham 0 Man Utd 4: Vintage Scholes fires title reminder as Reds cruise Wigan 2 Birmingham 3: Brum comeback stuns lame LaticsGroup of joy! Draw hands delighted Capello ideal route to emulate Sir AlfMARTIN SAMUEL: Good news, what can possibly go wrong for England? So it meant Capello would have had only three Premier League goalkeepers to choose from if the World Cup had started today. [LNB]Paul Robinson, of Blackburn, Birmingham City's Joe Hart and MattDuke, of Hull City, all played yesterday but, of those, Hart is theonly one whose side are currently in the top half of the PremierLeague. [LNB]Capello will, therefore, be hoping he will be saved between now and their opening match with the USA on June 12.[LNB] [LNB] Explore more:People:Robert Green, Tomasz Kuszczak, Alex Ferguson, Fabio Capello, Paul Robinson, Joe Hart, David James, Ben FosterPlaces:Fratton Park
