Sunderland have potentially been dealt a major injury blow ahead of their League One fixture on Tuesday evening.

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Speaking after the Black Cats' 2-1 victory over Milton Keynes Dons on Saturday, Lee Johnson revealed that the reason for Corry Evans' withdrawal midway through the second half of the game was due to injury - something that could potentially rule the midfielder out of the club's clash against Burton Albion on Tuesday evening.

As cited by The Sunderland Echo, the 40-year-old said: "He's had a bit of tightness just on the edge of his hamstring/groin. It was just enough for him to come off, so we'll have to see."

Johnson will be gutted

While the Black Cats manager is not exactly short of options in the middle of the park, being able to call upon the likes of Carl Winchester, Elliot Embleton and Dan Neil, if Evans is indeed unavailable for selection for the trip to Burton on Tuesday, it will nevertheless leave Johnson gutted.

Indeed, despite having only arrived at the Stadium of Light this summer, Evans obviously made an incredibly good impression on the Mackems manager, with the £14k-per-week midfielder being made club captain for the 2021/22 campaign.

Furthermore, the Northern Ireland international played the full 90 minutes in the club's impressive 2-1 win over Wigan Athletic on the opening day of the season, a game in which the 31-year-old won eight of his 12 duels, made one clearance, three interceptions and two tackles.

As such, with Johnson undoubtedly hoping to maintain Sunderland's 100% record this season on Tuesday evening, the potential loss of the man Tony Mowbray dubbed a "fantastic" player will be a significant blow for the 40-year-old - whose side are facing an extremely tough challenge against one of the other three League One sides who have won both of their opening games of the season.

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