Cisse injury leaves Benitez facing striker crisis

Djibril Cisse’s leg-break horror has left Rafael Benitez facing a severe striker crisis ahead of Wednesday night’s crucial Champions League showdown with Deportivo La Coruna.

Cisse had surgery to pin his tibia back together today after fracturing his shin in two places following a seemingly innocuous tangle with Blackburn’s Jay McEveley during the Premiership draw at Ewood Park.