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Everton's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League have been dealt a blow with the news Kevin Mirallas will miss the rest of the season.
The Belgian forward suffered a groin injury in the final moments of Everton's 2-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday and will be sidelined for three weeks.
That means he will not be available for the Toffees' remaining games against Southampton, Manchester City and Hull.
Everton reported the news on their website, saying: "Roberto Martinez today revealed that the Belgian has a small tear in his groin and will be out for the next three weeks."
Mirallas has scored eight goals for Everton this season, including three in the last four games.
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Everton: The latest match pictures Hull 0 Everton 2 Aidan McGeadygets a shot off despite pressure from Maynor Figueroa
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Everton: The latest match pictures Hull 0 Everton 2 Romelu Lukaku celebrates after scoring the Toffees' second
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Everton: The latest match pictures Hull 0 Everton 2 Lacina Traore is tackled by Alex Bruce
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 1 Manchester City 1 Ross Barkley celebrates after opening the scoring with a superb strike
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Everton: The latest match pictures Southampton 2 Everton 0 Tim Howard looks on as the second own goal of the day goes past him
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Everton: The latest match pictures Southampton 2 Everton 0 Tim Howard can only look on as Seamus Coleman scores Everton's second own goal of the day
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Everton: The latest match pictures Southampton 2 Everton 0 Antolin Alcarez heads in an own goal to give Southampton the lead
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Manchester United 0 Leighton Baines strikes the opening goal from the spot in Everton's win over Manchester United
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Manchester United 0 Manchester United manager David Moyes looks on during his side's defeat to Everton
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Manchester United 0 Kevin Mirallas celebrates after scoring for Everton against Manchester United
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Crystal Palace 3 Cameron Jerome celebrates Palace's third - which proved to be the winner
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Crystal Palace 3 Kevin Mirallas scores Everton's second but it wasn't enough to claw back Palace
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Crystal Palace 3 Jason Puncheon scores Palace's opener
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Everton: The latest match pictures Sunderland 0 Everton 1 Seamus Coleman, Gerard Deulofeu and Steven Naismith of Everton celebrate after Wes Brown of Sunderland scores an own goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Arsenal 0 Kevin Mirallas celebrates Everton's third
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Arsenal 0 Kevin Mirallas has an effort on goal but the ball comes off Mikel Arteta for an own goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Arsenal 0 Ross Barkley has an effort on goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Arsenal 0 Romelu Lukaku celebrates his goal with manager Roberto Martinez
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Arsenal 0 Romelu Lukaku goes on a driving run and cuts inside to smash home Everton's second
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Arsenal 0 Steven Naismith celebrates his goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Arsenal 0 Steven Naismith slots home Everton's opening goal with a cool finish
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Arsenal 0 Bacary Sagna goes in for a tackle on Leighton Baines
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Arsenal 0 Leon Osman receives treatment and has to go off after a clash with Bacary Sagna
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Everton: The latest match pictures Fulham 1 Everton 3 Steven Naismith (left) scores Everton's third against Fulham
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Everton: The latest match pictures Fulham 1 Everton 3 Kevin Mirallas (right) celebrates Everton's second goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Fulham 1 Everton 3 Fulham goalkeeper David Stockdale fails to stop a shot by Steven Naismith (not pictured) of Everton for the opening goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Newcastle 0 Everton 3 Tim Krul vents his anger at his Newcastle teammates after conceding the first goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Newcastle 0 Everton 3 Romelu Lukaku scores Everton's second goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Swansea 2 Ashley Williams scores in the last minute for Swansea
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Swansea 2 Romelu Lukaku restores Everton's lead
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Swansea 2 Leighton Baines opens the scoring from the penalty spot
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Cardiff 1 Seamus Coleman celebrates his late winner
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Cardiff 1 Seamus Coleman scores the winner late on for Everton
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Cardiff 1 Wilfried Zaha shots under pressure from John Stones
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Cardiff 1 Juan Cala equalises for Cardiff
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Cardiff 1 Gerard Deulofeu scores Everton's opening goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Arsenal 4 Everton 1 Olivier Giroud scores his second and Arsenal's fourth against Everton to go through to the FA Cup semi finals
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Everton: The latest match pictures Arsenal 4 Everton 1 Mikel Arteta scores a penalty against his former club to put Arsenal 2-1 up
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Everton: The latest match pictures Arsenal 4 Everton 1 Romelu Lukaku celebrates after his goal makes it one all
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Everton: The latest match pictures Arsenal 4 Everton 1 Romelu Lukaku taps in to draw Everton level
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Everton: The latest match pictures Arsenal 4 Everton 1 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain congratulates Mesut Ozil after the German's opening goal
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Everton: The latest match pictures Arsenal 4 Everton 1 Mesut Ozil rejoins Arsenal's starting line up and puts the Gunners ahead
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 1 West Ham 0 Romelu Lukaku scores a late winner for Everton
Everton: The latest match pictures Chelsea 1 Everton 0 Chelsea celebrate late winner against Everton
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Everton: The latest match pictures Chelsea 1 Everton 0 John Terry and Frank Lampard celebrate after Chelsea go 1-0 up in the last minute
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Everton: The latest match pictures Chelsea 1 Everton 0 Chelsea take the lead against Everton in the last minute
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Everton: The latest match pictures Chelsea 1 Everton 0 Andre Schurrle and James McCarthy battle for the ball
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Everton: The latest match pictures Chelsea 1 Everton 0 Tim Howard stops a shot from Branislav Ivanovic
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Everton: The latest match pictures Chelsea 0 Everton 0 Leon Osmon controls the ball despite pressure from three Chelsea players
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Everton: The latest match pictures Chelsea 0 Everton 0 Tim Howard punches clear despite pressure from John Terry
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 3 Swansea 1 Lacina Traore celebrates opening the scoring for Everton in this FA Cup match
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Everton: The latest match pictures Tottenham 1 Everton 0 Emmanuel Adebayor celebrates scoring the only goal of the game against Everton
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Everton: The latest match pictures Everton 2 Aston Villa 1 Leandro Bacuna gives Villa the lead
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Everton: The latest match pictures Liverpool 4 Everton 0 Daniel Sturridge celebrates his second goal against Everton
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He netted the second goal against United on Sunday, scoring from a tight angle after beating the offside trap.
Everton trail Arsenal by a point in the race for fourth place as they bid to finish in the top four for only the second time in the Premier League era.
Martinez will hope for better news to come on the injury front, with captain Phil Jagielka, Steven Pienaar and Darron Gibson all in line to return before the end of the season.
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