Tottenham Hotspur suffered one more damage blow as their Uruguay midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur hobbled off within the first half of the two-1 Premier League defeat by Aston Villa on Sunday.
The 26-yr-previous solely just lately returned from an eight-month lay-off due to a severe knee damage and was making his first begin however was injured within the twenty sixth minute by a poor-wanting Matty Cash sort out.
“I was disappointed to lose him (Bentancur) because he started the game so well, you can see his quality, and that’s a reason we got such a foothold in the game,” Spurs supervisor Ange Postecoglou stated.
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“With him coming back from a serious injury, you are concerned about it. From what I understand, it’s his ankle rather than his knee, but it’s not what we need right now, another injury, but that’s what we’re going through.”
Early Premier league pacesetters Tottenham have now misplaced three successive league video games and face a number of extra weeks with out key gamers after slipping out of the highest 4.
The membership’s England ahead James Maddison (knee) and Netherlands’ central defender Micky van de Ven (hamstring) each suffered lengthy-time period accidents in opposition to Chelsea this month, whereas Brazil striker Richarlison has had surgical procedure on his pelvis.
Ivan Perisic, Manor Solomon and Ryan Sessegnon are additionally sidelineds, whereas Spurs’ Argentina centre-again Cristian Romero has another recreation of a 3-match suspension nonetheless to run.
Injuries and suspensions have thrown a spanner in what was Tottenham’s finest begin to a prime-flight season since 1960.
️| Ange on the present damage disaster:“Yeah (…) We have got eight (injuries), Bentancur nine, we had a couple of suspensions today and we’ve only got a squad of 25. You do the sums and that’s what we’ve got. We lost Ashley Phillips during the week as well.”
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“We have got eight (injuries), Bentancur nine, we had a couple of suspensions today and we’ve only got a squad of 25,” Postecoglou informed reporters. “You do the sums and that’s what we’ve got. We lost Ashley Phillips during the week as well.”
England Under-19 defender Phillips was Spurs’ sixth signing beneath Postecoglou within the final switch window when he joined from Blackburn Rovers for 2 million kilos ($2.49 million).
“It is just the situation we’re in at the moment, but we’ll get through it,” he added. “It might take a little while but we’ll get through it and as long as we show the same intent and play the football we did today, I’ve got no doubt when we come out the other side, we’ll be a very good football team.”
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
