Lionesses' Alex Greenwood left bleeding after being elbowed in the head in World Cup final

As the game approached the final ten minutes, England's left-sided defender jumped for a ball alongside Spain's teenage striker, who caught her with an elbow to the head, seemingly accidentally.

Greenwood understandably went down and looked in a bad way.

She was tended to by medical staff and lay on the grass for a couple of minutes.

Eventually though, Greenwood returned to her feet and had her head bandaged.

She refused to be substitute and insisted she could play on.

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As a result, she returned to the pitch soon afterwards and played on to the final whistle.

Sadly for England though, this made no difference to the end result.

Olga Carmona's 29th-minute goal was the difference maker as Spain won 1-0 and lifted the trophy, despite a heroic penalty save from Mary Earps.