Video: Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey Breaks His Leg After Ryan Shawcross Tackle

It was a vital win for Wenger's young guns. With Chelsea surprisingly losing 4-2 to Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, Arsenal needed to win.

The game, however, will be most remembered for the tragic injury to Welsh wunderkind Aaron Ramsey.

Shawcross was in possession and took a very heavy touch that opened the ball up to Ramsey to take. The young Gunner then showed his inexperience by pulling on the ball while the Stoke man went in to tackle, and with the ball having been cleared, Shawcross caught Ramsey just above the ankle and shattered it.

The injury was so bad that TV producers refused to replay the incident.

The Stoke player was distraught as Ramsey writhed in pain on the ground. It was an accidental tackle that the referee overreacted to by sending Shawcross off, the reactions of certain Arsenal players perhaps guiding the referee's decision.

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