Ange Postecoglou names 'emotional' Tottenham star in dressing room after Liverpool loss

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has revealed Richarlison was left "emotional" after suffering another injury setback. Richarlison limped off as Tottenham crashed out of the Carabao Cup, suffering a 4-1 defeat on aggregate to Liverpool. Immediately after the game, Postecoglou revealed the forward had suffered a calf injury which "didn't look too good". It is the latest setback for Richarlison, who has missed 24 games so far this season through injury, and the Brazilian was left devastated after limping off the field. "It's disappointing for him," Postecoglou said when asked about Richarlison ahead of Spurs' FA Cup clash with Aston Villa on Sunday.

"Obviously he was emotional last night because he worked really hard to get himself back but again, it's another setback that he's going to have to deal with, we're going to have to deal with and hopefully get him back as soon as possible.". Looking ahead to his side's trip to Villa Park, Postecoglou admitted it would be another difficult challenge. The former Celtic boss said: "That is probably our main object now to play a little bit more like ourselves.

"It won't be easy because Villa are a good side and playing at home. Again, it will be a challenge with literally the same group of players backing up, but there is an opportunity for us there and we want to make sure we tackle that opportunity in the right way. "I think it's the same pressure, it's a knockout game, so you know you've got to get a result to progress and had it gone any better last night, it wouldn't have made any difference to Sunday. It's still a game you have to win to progress, so the pressure's the same.

"Given that Sunday's the last of a long run of Thursday, Sunday games every week, what does next week look like in terms of what's going to happen there? We'll assess that after Sunday, but I we know we've got two clear weeks. "There's a number of our players who are scheduled to come back during that time, so we'll use it wisely to rest the guys who need rest, and certainly there's a fair few of them that need some rest and also hopefully get some work into the guys who have been out for quite a while to be ready for the challenge ahead because I think these two weeks we've got now will be really valuable for the finish of our season.".

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