Robin van Persie gives encouraging update after suffering gruesome eye injury

Robin van Persie suffered a gruesome looking eye injury on Sunday afternoon.

The Fenerbahce collided with Abdulwahid Sissoko during his side's 3-1 win over Akhisar Belediyespor, and had to be stretchered from the pitch. Van Persie suffered a torn eyelid, and television pictures captured blood coming from the striker's eye as he left the field and waited for an ambulance.   He's the incident which led to the injury:

Robin van Persie'nin (@Persie_Official) dayak yediği, göz kapağının yırtıldığı bu hareket kart/penaltı verilmedi.pic.twitter.com/QitKwEhHYH

— FeDeR Medya (@FederMedya) November 6, 2016

Van Persie, who scored the opening goal in the game before suffering the injury just before half-time, was then photographed and filmed lying on a stretcher, waiting for an ambulance, with his eye heavily bandaged. https://twitter.com/fenerbahceliler/status/795306126535512068 https://twitter.com/FederMedya/status/795328270954823680 https://twitter.com/football_oranje/status/795332043202842624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Robin Van Persie'nin yaşadığı sakatlık sonrası ilk görüntüleri. (A Spor) pic.twitter.com/hmulYW3VnX — Krampon Sports (@SportsKrampon) November 6, 2016

However, despite the injury appearing horrific, the former Manchester United man Monday provided an encouraging update, confirming that while his eyelid is torn, the eye is "undamaged". https://twitter.com/Persie_Official/status/795597830882791424 The 33-year-old has scored four goals in eight league games in Turkey this season. He also scored a few weeks ago against Manchester United, his old team, at Old Trafford and received a standing ovation from the crowd. Catch up with the latest Football Friday Live here: