West Ham United’s Marko Arnautovic is still struggling with injury, and played in pain at the weekend.
Arnautovic missed West Ham’s match against Chelsea two weekends’ ago, after he hurt his knee, and his absence was felt.
West Ham could not score past Chelsea, despite having a host of chances, and Manuel Pellegrini was understandably keen to rush the Austrian back.
Arnautovic was fit enough to start for West Ham against Manchester United on Saturday, and he proved his worth.
Arnautovic hit the back of the net during West Ham’s 3-1 victory over Manchester United.
And the forward said: “The medical staff are talking to me and if they ask me if I’m ready to play, obviously I decide if I can be involved or not.
“It will continue to hurt for a while. I have a bone bruise on my knee and you can’t do anything about this, you need to wait until it’s going away.
“The medical staff working with me are confident so it’s all about being confident in your body and trusting your body.”
West Ham will be hoping that Arnautovic can continue to play through the pain, as he is so crucial to them.
The powerful forward is their biggest goalscoring threat, and without him they are far less of a threat.
West Ham are next in action at the weekend, when they take on Brighton.
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