Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson says he was a bit worried Jeffrey Schlupp's injury will resurface again during their Premier League draw with Manchester United on Wednesday.
The Ghanaian midfielder made a comeback to action as an 84th-minute substitute as The Eagles held the Red Devils to a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park.
It was his first game since sustaining an injury during a 2-0 home win over Sheffield United on January 2.
"I’m very pleased," said Hodgson as reported by Londonnewsonline.
"I was very concerned that in injury time he had to chase a turbo-charged Aaron Wan-Bissaka down the line, which bothered me a little bit because obviously the injury he had was a hamstring and he had to burst into top speed. I thought, ‘I really hope he’s not going to get a recurrence of the injury’.
"But I think he was really happy to know he could do that job because it was an important job he did in tracking Aaron down the right-wing.
"The return of Schlupp, the return soon of [Wilfried] Zaha and [James] McArthur, that will also help us in that area and I think if we can get a couple of the other ones back, we will be even more capable, if you like, of playing that sort of football that we played on occasions, today and creating more chances."
Schlupp has made 16 appearances for Crystal Palace this season, scored two goals and provided one assist so far.