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Fenerbahce have played down fears over the eye injury that Netherlands striker Robin van Persie suffered on Sunday. Van Persie, 33, scored the opening goal in Fener's 3-1 Super Lig win over Akhisar Belediyespor but was carried off on a stretcher after 37 minutes, having taken a blow to the eye in a seemingly innocuous collision with an opponent. Television pictures appeared to show blood coming from the former Arsenal and Manchester United star's heavily bandaged left eye, but his club said the situation was much less serious than feared. "He received a blow to the eye and suffered a torn eyelid and bleeding," club doctor Burak Kunduraciogl said. "After the first intervention, we sent an ophthalmologist to the hospital to assess him. "After the investigations we learned that nothing important happened. His condition is good." Van Persie also issued a statement on Twitter in which he wrote: "I have a little tear in my eyelid and after tests in the hospital this morning I can say that my eye itself is undamaged, so all good! These things happen in football." The striker was not included in the Netherlands squad for the upcoming international break.
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