Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain looks set for a huge season, but the 22-year-old claims he has been playing through pain for over two years, as reported by the Evening Standard. He endured a challenge which put him out of action for months back in 2013, and insists the knock-on effects have been huge. He has been plagued by injuries ever since, and believes the majority of those have stemmed from the original tackle. 'It was a knock-on effect from the cruciate injury that I had from the first day of the season a couple of years ago when we lost to [Aston] Villa,' he said. 'It's all been a chain reaction from that, just being out for five or six months for the first time in your life. I'd never...
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