Kasper gutted for Joe after injury blow

There’s a good deal of sympathy for the injured Joe Hart from the friend that replaced him during Sunday’s draw at the KC Stadium.

Kasper Schmeichel’s substitute appearance came about after Hart strained ankle ligaments while trying to prevent Hull’s Daniel Cousin from opening the scoring. It was the Dane’s first league action for City in over a year, but speaking to MCFC.co.uk after the match he admitted the circumstances were not what he would have wanted.

Kasper says, “I felt ready when I came on, but I’m gutted for Joe with the internationals coming up. He’s been flying of late, and then all of a sudden that happens. It’s a real kick in the teeth and I feel for him.

“It just seems typical of our luck at the moment. When things are not going for you, they really don’t go for you, so we have just got to dig in but we cannot let it affect us. It has taken two big slices of luck for them to score against us.

“We created some good chances but we just need that little bit of luck. We’re doing everything right in training, we’re working hard but we’re not getting the rub of the green. We’ve had some bad results of late, and Hull is not an easy place to come. They were very confident, their fans really get behind their team at home but the positive thing for us is that we have come out of it with a point. We all feel that we should have had all three points but we can’t do anything about that now. We’ve got to look forward, and make sure we get it right in the next game.”

Hart’s injury means that he drops out of the senior England squad for Wednesday’s friendly against Germany, and the prospect is that Kasper could now get a run in the City side with Hart set to miss the next two to three weeks.

Kasper continues, “He’s gutted, and we all are for him because he’s worked so hard recently. It could only happen with an international coming up when he gets called up to the full squad. It’s so typical, he’s a very good friend and I’m really sorry for him.

“Not playing is frustrating, but Joe has done well. I’ve been working harder than I ever have, I’m doing a hard regime in the gym and I just want to be in as good a shape as possible whenever I get the call.”