Colchester United head coach John McGreal says striker Kurtis Guthrie is likely to undergo a scan on his ankle after he was stretchered off in the closing stages of their 2-1 win over Hartlepool United.
Guthrie scored his 12th goal of the season against Pools and also won the penalty that Chris Porter converted but was carried off following a challenge with Pools' Scott Harrison.
McGreal said: "Kurtis is gutted and he’s really low at the moment.
“He’s got big packs of ice all over his ankle and I’m guessing it’ll need a scan so hopefully, it’ll settle down.
“There wasn’t a malicious intent but Kurtis is a tough boy and he was hurt so we’re hoping the swelling will go down."
After a goal-less first half, second-half goals from Guthrie and Porter put Colchester in command against Hartlepool.
And although Nathan Thomas pulled a goal back for the visitors with eight minutes remaining, the U's held on for a second successive win.
The victory helped them consolidate their place in the League Two play-off positions.
McGreal added: “A win’s a win and the points keep us in those play-off positions and we’ll just keep plugging away.
“We made it a little bit difficult for ourselves and it was a poor goal to give away, especially going 2-0 up.
“We didn’t really get going in the first half and Hartlepool countered quite well.
“The players knew at half-time that they needed to do better in the second half and we just reiterated habits and what we’ve been doing of late and what’s got us good results and I thought that showed in the second half.
“It was a terrific first goal for us which ended in a great delivery by Richard Brindley and Kurtis (Guthrie) getting his head on it for us and he won the penalty for us, too.
“I thought we were a lot better in the second half performance-wise but we just knocked off a bit and they’ve scored.”
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