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Latest Tottenham injury news as seven miss Manchester United amid Cristian Romero concern
Tottenham injury news: The latest from the Spurs treatment room ahead of Saturday’s Premier League visit of Man Utd, with concern about Cristian Romero
Tottenham kickstarted the Ange Postecoglou-era with a hard-fought 2-2 draw at Brentford on Sunday.
After taking the lead through Cristian Romero, Spurs found themselves 2-1 down after goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Youane Wissa. Emerson Royal equalised in first half injury-time and that’s how the contest ended.
Yeah, look I was pleased with the effort the lads put in. I was pleased with the way they reacted to everything that was going on in that first half,” Postecoglou said after the game.
“Second half I thought we controlled the game and probably could have been a little bit more threatening in our front third to create more opportunities because we had so much of the ball but in the context of where we are at and what happened on the day, I thought what was pleasing most for me was how the players reacted to it all and the effort they put in.”
Despite the list of positives in west London, Spurs were handed a brief injury concern with Cristian Romero. The Argentine defender went down shortly before scoring the opener, signalling to the bench after his header.
Postecoglou made the decision to take Romero off after a VAR check, despite his protests to remain on. “He got a head knock and it was pretty clear,” the Spurs boss said. “The medical team were monitoring him as he progressed from there and then he scored with his head. They were pretty sure we needed for his own benefit to get him off and obviously what we know about head injuries, for me it is not even an issue. We will always err on the side of caution.
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“Cristian, the player is not the one you listen to in those situation because he doesn’t know what is going either, so I thought it was pretty clear what we had to do. Disappointed that we apparently filled out the wrong slip and it was not a concussion sub.
Midfielder Yves Bissouma started from the off having struggled for fitness in pre-season. There was, however, no place for Tanguy Ndombele, who has been a consistent fitness concern since his return from loan at Napoli.
Elsewhere, Rodrigo Bentancur (knee) and Ryan Sessegnon (hamstring) remain out. Fraser Forster is recovering from a back injury and Bryan Gil has had surgery, keeping him out for the foreseeable future.
Troy Parrott and Alfie Whiteman are also out whilst there was a boost for Dane Scarlett, who scored the final goal of the game, after he had been struggling during the summer
