Pelatih Lyon Alain Perrin mengatakan, Anderson mengalami cedera tersebut saat bertabrakan dengan striker Tulio De Melo pada pertandingan Piala Liga dimana Lyon kalah dari Le Mans, pertengahan pekan.
Lyon coach Alain Perrin said that Anderson was hurt in his team's midweek League Cup quarter-final defeat against Le Mans when he came off worst in a challenge with striker Tulio De Melo.