Blackburn Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has criticised Luke Murphy for the "bad challenge" that left Grant Hanley requiring stitches.
The 23-year-old had to be withdrawn in the second half of Thursday evening's meeting with Leeds United following a collision with Murphy, which left him suffering from a migraine.
Bowyer was unhappy with the clash, but remained optimistic when providing an injury update on his skipper ahead of next week's match against Birmingham City.
"I thought it was a bad challenge on him," he told the club's official website. "He's got stitches and then he suffered a migraine so we had to make the call to bring him off.
"It wasn't concussion or anything like that, it was a migraine, but it was great that we had someone of the calibre of Matt Kilgallon to come on and we are delighted with that."
Blackburn went on to win the game 2-0 at Elland Road, courtesy of two goals inside the opening six minutes.
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