Ange Postecoglou reveals fresh Tottenham injury concern after Leicester defeat
Ange Postecoglou reveals fresh Tottenham injury concern after Leicester defeat
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Ange Postecoglou revealed that Richarlison’s early withdrawal during Tottenham’s loss to Leicester City was due to a problem with the striker’s groin. Richarlison scored his second goal in as many Premier League games to give his side the lead at half-time against Leicester at home.
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However, Spurs were stunned by a five-minute turnaround at the start of the second half as goals from Jamie Vardy and Bilal El Khannouss condemmed them to a shock 2-1 defeat. The defeat to Leicester, who prior to this game had lost seven league games on the bounce, undoubtedly intensifies the pressure on Postecoglou whose continues to deal with an extensive injury list.
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James Maddison missed out on today’s matchday squad with a knock, meaning Spurs were without ten senior first-team players for the visit of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side. And after the defeat, Postecoglou revealed a fresh concern for Richarlison whose 54th-minute substitution was met with boos from the home crowd.
‘He was feeling his groin, he should have come off at half-time but he wanted to give another 10 minutes,’ the Spurs manager said when asked about the Brazilian who was making his first league start of the season. ‘I could see he wasn’t running well so that is why I took him off.’.
Pape Matar Sarr also came off early in the second half, with Postecoglou admitting that the central midfielder was not really fit enough to start. ‘I’ve said all along, the players need help and I’ve also said the club are working hard in that area to try to alleviate some of those problems, because Pape Sarr shouldn’t have played today,’ Postecoglou added.
