Cunningham set to miss the rest of the season after breaking leg

Leicester City and Ireland defender Greg Cunningham could be out for the rest of the season after breaking his leg in the Foxes’ 1-0 win over Hull City on Saturday.

The 19-year old left back, who is on loan at Leicester from Manchester City, suffered the injury after a late tackle by Liam Rosenior just over an hour into Saturday’s clash at the KC Stadium.

Rosenior earned a red card for the tackle, which will mean a lengthy spell on the sidelines for the talented Galway native.

Commenting on the injury, Leicester manager Sven Goran Eriksson said: “It's a broken tibia, which could mean he is probably away for four months. He is in hospital right now and I guess he will undergo an operation today or tomorrow.

“It is important to say that as far as Rosenior was concerned, it was not stupid. It was bad luck and he didn't mean to do it, so there should be no shadow over him.'

Hull manager Nigel Pearson insisted there was no malice in Rosenior's tackle on Cunningham: “It is obviously regrettable and you never like to see players have a serious injury. We wish the player a speedy recovery," he said.

“Liam's distraught; it was just slightly mistimed with two players going for the ball. It would be wrong of me to complain about something like the red card and I have no complaints about it.

“It was very unfortunate as it didn't look ridiculously high.

“There was no malice in the challenge. If you know the player you'd be very aware of that.”

As a result of the injury, Cunningham will almost certainly miss Ireland’s European qualifier with Macedonia in March.