Wrexham waiting on Moore injury 'blow'

Kieffer Moore was one of six debutants in Wrexham's starting line-up at Southampton

Wrexham are waiting to discover the extent of an ankle injury to new signing Kieffer Moore after the Wales striker was forced off during Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Southampton.

Moore, who joined from Sheffield United last week, hurt himself as he had a shot blocked in the second half of Wrexham's opening game of the Championship season.

The 33-year-old, who had impressed with his link-up play at St Mary's Stadium, tried to continue but was replaced by Sam Smith in the 54th minute.

"We've lost Kieffer, which is obviously a blow. His performance was outstanding, everything we know he brings to us," said Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson.

"We've just got to assess that injury as quickly as we can. It was his ankle ligaments."

Wrexham had taken the lead when Josh Windass scored a first-half penalty after Moore was shoved to the ground by Ronnie Edwards.

The Southampton defender did not even receive a yellow card. Although he seemed to have denied Moore a clear scoring opportunity and made no attempt to play the ball, referee James Bell appeared to think Jack Stephens was close enough to offer cover.

"He was clean through and he gets pushed down for the penalty. I've spoken to the ref and said, 'Look my interpretation of that rule is if it's an intentional push it's a straight red'," said Parkinson.

"I saw it from the touchline and the footage again at half-time. I can't see how he's not got that right because it's a game-changing moment as they're down to 10 men.

"I know the ref feels there's a covering defender, but if you're about to strike the ball on goal and the player intentionally pushes you to the ground the ref's got to make that call right."

"I went to see the ref. Just a calm chat. I can't see how he's not got it right. It's got to be a red card where he was in terms of the pitch. I'm sure the ref will look at that and see we've been harshly treated."