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Lukaku taken off on stretcher following head injury

Lukaku was given an oxygen mask as he left the pitch

Manchester United's leading scorer Romelu Lukaku was carried off on a stretcher in the first half of his side's Premier League game at home to Southampton on Saturday with an apparent head injury.

The Belgium international, a 75-million-pound ($101.34 million) signing from Everton in July, collapsed after banging his head against Southampton's Wesley Hoedt in an aerial challenge early in the game and immediately received medical attention.

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