MAURO ZARATE was stretchered off in agony after his early KO at Vicarage Road.
The distressed Watford forward received treatment for eight and a half minutes against West Ham after suffering an off-the-ball injury.
A stretcher had to be built AROUND the Argentine in order to help him off the field.
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Both sets of supporters cheered for Zarate, with Hammers fans not forgetting their old player.
Michael Owen, who was plagued by cruciate ligament damage throughout his career, admitted Zarate’s KO looked serious.
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Speaking as a pundit on BT Sport, he said: "It looks like a cruciate ligament injury.
"When I did mine I just lay there and asked the doctor what it was and how long I'd be out. He said it was six or seven months.
"It flashes in front of you what you're going to miss - operations, crutches and all these horrible things you have to go through.
"After a few days it's 'let's hope it's not serious', but it didn't look nice."
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