Allowing Iran keeper to play on after head injury an ‘utter disgrace’ – Headway

Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand was initially allowed to play on after a clash of heads with a team-mate (Mike Egerton/PA)

The decision to let Iran goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand play on after a head-on collision with a team-mate against England has been branded an “utter disgrace” by brain injury charity Headway.

Beiranvand had got a hand to a Harry Kane cross in the sides’ World Cup opener in Doha on Monday but in doing so collided face first with team-mate Majid Hosseini and was in need of treatment for several minutes.