Mooy ruled out of Australia's Asian Cup defence

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - Australia Training - Australia Training Camp, Sochi, Russia - June 25, 2018 Australia's Aaron Mooy during training REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Huddersfield Town midfielder Aaron Mooy has been ruled out of Australia's Asian Cup defence after a thorough assessment of his knee ligament injury, Football Federation Australia (FFA) said on Monday.

The injury sustained by Mooy was first flagged by Huddersfield but the FFA said Mooy was desperate to feature in the Jan. 5-Feb. 1 tournament and had requested a second opinion.