Eduardo suffered a broken leg in the third minute of Arsenal's match against Birmingham City on 23 February 2008, after a foul by Martin Taylor, who was sent off for the challenge.[7] Eduardo received eight minutes of on-field treatment before being stretchered off. Replays showed that the two pieces of broken bone became perpendicular to each other with his foot seemingly dangling by a thread from his leg. Commentators say this may be one of the worst injuries in English top flight football history.[8] The injury was so graphic that Sky Sports, who were showing the game live, decided not to show replays of the incident. Later in the evening, Jonathan Pearce, who was commentating on the game for BBC's Match of the Day, revealed that they were not allowed to show the replays as the images were too disturbing to show even after the watershed, but later showed two in the analysis. After being stretchered off the field, he was immediately taken to Selly Oak Hospital for further treatment.[8] Eduardo will miss the rest of the 2007--08 season and also Euro 2008. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger called for a lifetime ban of Taylor for the tackle, adding on Sky Sports: "The season is over for him and it's very, very bad. More than the season is over."[9] However, Wenger later retracted this statement.[10] At around quarter past 8 it was confirmed on Arsenal's official website that Eduardo had surgery on his broken bone and will remain in hospital for the time being.