Travis Kelce injured: Chiefs star returns to field in game against Vikings after heading to locker room with ankle problem… as Taylor Swift fails to show up in Minneapolis

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was briefly forced off during Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings after picking up an ankle injury.

Kelce injured his right ankle after appearing to slip in the second quarter at Minneapolis’s US Bank Stadium, before heading straight to the locker room.

The Chiefs star – whose new flame Taylor Swift failed to show up at the game despite plenty of anticipation – was later seen jogging back onto the field with strapping on his ankle.

After being listed as questionable to return, Kelce then took his place back on the field during the third quarter.

Kelce injured his right ankle after appearing to slip during the second quarter of the game

The Chiefs tight end’s new flame Taylor Swift chose not to attend the game in Minneapolis

After anticipation for her potential arrival built all week, Swift did not show her face at the game being played in Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon.

It wasn’t known whether or not Swift was going to show up in Minnesota to continue her streak of attending Chiefs games to support Kelce.

Yet after she was nowhere to be seen prior to kickoff in Minneapolis, NFL Network reporter Scott Hanson confirmed during Sunday’s game that the pop sensation is not in attendance.

Thousands of fans had flocked to US Bank Stadium to soak up the Swift and Kelce frenzy which has engulfed the NFL in recent weeks.

TV producers for Sunday’s game also appeared to have been preparing for her arrival at the game, with a photo from Kansas City Star photographer Nick Wagner showing stickers reading ‘Tay’ affixed above a certain seat.