England's ’Walsh's knee injury may have been caused by the pitch being 'TOO DRY'

Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall has suggested that Keira Walsh's knee injury may have been caused by the pitch being 'too dry' as he slams the surface in Sydney at the Women's World Cup.

The Barcelona midfielder was left in tears as she was taken off on a stretcher during the first half of the game against Denmark for England.

She was replaced in the 38th minute by Laura Coombs, leaving the field after seen mouthing 'I've done my knee' on television.

Arsenal boss Eidevall discussed the injury at half-time, blasting the surface in Sydney.

He said: ‘The pitch looks very dry and you can see on the movement, when she slides with the right foot that it stops and she then twists her knee.

'I think an example of that was the celebrations on the first goal that Lauren James scored. She tries to knee slide but you can see, when she does that you can see she just stops and falls over.'

Eidevall continued to label the poor surface as a danger to the players on show at the Women's World Cup.

'It looks funny but it’s actually a danger to player welfare to have such a dry pitch because it should allow you to slide through. That’s not good enough,’ he finalised.

The Lionesses have suffered yet another blow at the World Cup, but will be hoping to come through the setback to reach the latter stages of the tournament.

Victory over Denmark will go a long way for Sarina Wiegman's side, who beat Haiti 1-0 in their opening match in Australia.